Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Roy Tipton was struck and killed by an automobile as he got out of his car and started walking across Route 59 a road three miles south of Brazil.
He was going to a nearby farm house to take a man into custody who was suffering from mental issues. The 15-year-old driver of the car that struck him was charged with driving without an operator's license.
Sheriff Tipton was survived by his wife and three children. He is buried in Summit Lawn Cemetery in Brazil.
Survivors
Sheriff Tipton was survived by his wife and three children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Tipton served with the Clay County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Brazil community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Tipton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Roy James Tipton, Sr. 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 IN, 151 of 503 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roy James Tipton, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Roy James Tipton, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roy James Tipton, Sr. is highlighted in Sep.