Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Johnny Lee Teter died from injuries he received one week earlier in an accident. Chief Teter responded from home after hearing that a chase was coming into his jurisdiction from an adjoining jurisdiction. Chief Teter joined the pursuit and was involved in an accident. The suspects were apprehended and tried for the murder of a police officer. They were found not guilty because the jury felt the chief should not have been involved in the pursuit. Chief Teter had become Oxford's police chief just three weeks prior to the accident.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, parents, and two siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Teter gave the Oxford Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oxford community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Teter.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Johnny Lee Teter 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 KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Johnny Lee Teter's cause is highlighted.
How Johnny Lee Teter Compares
Offender Outcome
Acquitted
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Johnny Lee Teter is highlighted in Apr.