Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Richard Teske was killed in an automobile crash on Morey Highway near Plank Road while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle.
His vehicle failed to make a bend in the road, and it rolled over. Constable Teske was ejected from the vehicle, and it landed on top of him. The vehicle he was chasing at the time was never found.
Constable Teske had been the constable in the evenings for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Constable Teske gave the Clayton Village Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Clayton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Teske.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Richard LaVerne Teske 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard LaVerne Teske's cause is highlighted.
How Richard LaVerne Teske Compares
Offender Outcome
Never apprehended
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Richard LaVerne Teske is highlighted in Aug.