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Chief Deputy

Willie Perry

Leake County Sheriff's Department — Carthage, MS

Accident

End of Watch July 29, 2001

Age 58

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Chief Deputy Willie Perry was struck by a vehicle and killed while conducting a roadside driver's license checkpoint on Mississippi 35 six miles north of Carthage.

He and his partner had their vehicle stopped on the side of the road with the emergency lights activated when the incident occurred. The driver of the vehicle that struck him was an assistant district attorney and no charges were filed against him.

Deputy Perry had served with the Leake County Sheriff's Office for 18 months and had served in law enforcement for nearly 35 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his daughter and two sons.

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Tributes

35 years. You could have gone home.
Chief Deputy Perry gave the Leake County Sheriff's Office 35 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Carthage community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Deputy Perry.

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

Agency

Department Leake County Sheriff's Department

Type Other

Location Carthage, Leake County, MS

Platform Identity lcso.leake.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 29, 2001

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Chief Deputy Willie Perry is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.

In MS, 89 of 349 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.5% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Leake County Sheriff's Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Willie Perry's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,559 (53.9%)

Accident

10,095 (31%)

Illness

3,037 (9.3%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

334 (1%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

How Willie Perry Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service