William M. Grubbs

Simpson County Sheriff's Office — Mendenhall, MS

Accident

End of Watch July 14, 1986

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Grubbs was killed in an automobile accident while on duty.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Grubbs served with the Simpson County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Mendenhall community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Grubbs.

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

Agency

Department Simpson County Sheriff's Office

Location Mendenhall, MS

Platform Identity scso.simpson.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 14, 1986

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff William M. Grubbs 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 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%.

At Simpson County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

Simpson County Sheriff's Office

of 7 officers

14.3% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident