Albert Bogie
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Sheriff

Albert Bogie

Accident
End of Watch December 11, 1931
Age 49
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sheriff Albert Bogie succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicle crash on the Curtis Pike the previous day while he and a Berea police officer were en route to conduct an alcohol raid.

The vehicle that the officers were riding in crashed through a bridge railing and overturned in a creek. Sheriff Bogie suffered serious internal injuries and died the following day.

Sheriff Bogie had been elected two years earlier.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, brother, and sister.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Bogie gave the Madison County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Richmond community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Bogie.

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

Agency

Location Richmond, KY
Platform Identity mcso.madison.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 11, 1931
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 49
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

Sheriff Albert Bogie 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%.

Madison County Sheriff's Office
1
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. Albert Bogie'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 Albert Bogie Compares

Age at End of Watch
49
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Bogie is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location