Roll of Honor
Incident
Marshal Robert Brunner was killed after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop on U.S. 24, a mile east of Wolcott.
Marshal Brunner had stopped a commercial vehicle headed east for a minor traffic violation. After the driver had turned his truck around to head back into town and parked on the north side of the roadway as instructed by Marshal Brunner, another truck from the same company stopped and parked on the south side of the roadway.
As Marshal Brunner and the driver of the second truck were standing by the side of the other truck waiting for it to pull out, an approaching car from the east struck Marshal Brunner at about 4:50 am despite attempts by the truck driver to warn him. Marshal Brunner was thrown across the highway and became lodged under the wheels of the parked truck, killing him almost instantly.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Marshal Brunner served with the Wolcott Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Wolcott community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Marshal Brunner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Marshal Robert Glenn Brunner is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.
In IN, 152 of 504 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Wolcott Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Glenn Brunner's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Glenn Brunner Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Glenn Brunner is highlighted in Aug.
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