Gene Valgene Williams

Maui County Police Department — Wailuku, HI

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch August 9, 1999

Age 38

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Police Officer Gene Williams was killed after being struck by a vehicle while directing traffic on Honoapiilani Highway, near Halawai Drive.

He was working the off-duty job directing traffic at a roadway construction site at approximately 3:00 a.m. when he stopped a vehicle. A pickup truck, being driven by a drunk driver, struck that vehicle from behind, rupturing the gas tank. The car burst into flames and rolled onto Officer Williams, trapping him underneath.

The driver of the pickup truck fled on foot. He was later captured and charged with negligent homicide, failure to render aid, and driving under the influence. The 25-year-old driver, an illegal Mexican immigrant, was convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced to 10 years in prison with an order that he be deported to Mexico upon completion of his sentence.

Officer Williams was the first Maui officer to be killed while directing traffic since 1941.

Officer Williams had served as an intelligence agent for the U.S. Army and had been with the Maui Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer II Williams gave the Maui County Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Wailuku community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Maui County Police Department

Location Wailuku, HI

Platform Identity mcpd.maui.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 9, 1999

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

Gene Valgene Williams served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer II Gene Valgene Williams is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In HI, 31 of 64 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.8 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Maui County Police Department, 5 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 83.3% of this agency's fallen.

Maui County Police Department

of 6 officers

83.3% Felonious

HI — Statewide

of 64 officers

48.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious