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Deputy Sheriff

Lester E. Reid

Warren County Sheriff's Department — Bowling Green, KY

Accident Veteran

End of Watch January 5, 1979

Age 31

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Lester Reid was killed in a vehicle crash while on patrol during a winter storm near Bowling Green. Deputy Reid and another deputy were driving on U.S. 68 near the junction with the Green River Parkway when the patrol car skidded. A tractor-trailer tried to avoid the skidding patrol vehicle and struck the side of the car. Deputy Reid suffered life-ending injuries. The other deputy was transported to Bowling Green Hospital with minor injuries. Deputy Reid was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Warren County Sheriff's Department for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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.
Deputy Sheriff Reid gave the Warren County Sheriff's Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bowling Green community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Warren County Sheriff's Department

Location Bowling Green, KY

Platform Identity wcso.warren.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 5, 1979

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Lester E. Reid served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Deputy Sheriff Lester E. Reid 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Warren County Sheriff's Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

KY — Statewide

161

of 983 officers

16.4% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lester E. Reid's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Lester E. Reid Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service