Jim Robyn Bennet Matkin

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries — Baton Rouge, LA

Accident

End of Watch March 2, 2005

Age 30

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Senior Agent Jim Matkin was killed in a single-vehicle crash while on patrol.

He was patrolling Highway 565, near Wildsville, when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree shortly before 5:00 am. Agent Matkin was killed instantly in the collision. A passerby discovered the crash and reported it to the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office.

Agent Matkin had served with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for six years and was assigned to the Enforcement Division's Statewide Strike Force.

Survivors

Survivors include his stepson, parents, and two sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Agent Matkin gave the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Agent Matkin.

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

Agency

Department Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Location Baton Rouge, LA

Platform Identity ldwfcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 2, 2005

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Senior Agent Jim Robyn Bennet Matkin 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%.

At Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 7 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.6% of this agency's fallen.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

of 11 officers

63.6% Accident

LA — Statewide

180

of 595 officers

30.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident