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Police Officer

Ronald M. Medeiros, Sr.

Killian Police Department — Springfield, LA

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch June 5, 1999

Age 55

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Police Officer Ronald Medeiros was killed in a single-vehicle crash during a pursuit on State Route 22 at 12:15 p.m.

While assisting the Springfield Police Department with the pursuit, his patrol car went out of control, ran off the road, and flipped several times.

Officer Medeiros was a United States Army veteran and had served in law enforcement for 30 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three daughters, two sons, parents, two sisters, five brothers, and ten grandchildren.

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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.
Police Officer Medeiros gave the Killian Police Department 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Killian Police Department

Location Springfield, LA

Platform Identity kpd.livingston.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 5, 1999

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 55

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Ronald M. Medeiros, Sr. served in the Army (1961â1964) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Ronald M. Medeiros, 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 LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Killian Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

LA — Statewide

180

of 595 officers

30.3% 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. Ronald M. Medeiros, Sr.'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 Ronald M. Medeiros, Sr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service