Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrol Officer Rudy Selman was killed in an automobile crash while responding to an alarm. Officer Selman was the passenger in the patrol car that was en route to a reported robbery at a restaurant with sirens and lights activated on Georgia Highway 53. A driver of a pickup truck pulled out of a service station in front of their patrol car, and they were unable to stop. The other officer and the driver of the pickup truck were also injured. The reported robbery ended up being a false alarm. The driver was charged with failure to yield to a police car. Officer Sleman had served with the Floyd County Police Department for a year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, and son.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Patrol Officer Selman gave the Floyd County Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Rome community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Selman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrol Officer Rudy Carnel Selman is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Floyd County Police Dept., 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Rudy Carnel Selman's cause is highlighted.
How Rudy Carnel Selman Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Rudy Carnel Selman is highlighted in Dec.
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