Woodrow Wayne Scarbrough

Gulfport Police Department — Gulfport, MS

Accident Veteran

End of Watch May 5, 1970

Age 22

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Scarbrough was killed in a motorcycle accident while responding to a motor vehicle accident. He was responding with his lights and sirens when a car pulled out in front of him, causing a collision. Officer Scarbrough died a short time later.

Officer Scarbrough was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had received four Purple Heart medals during an 11-month tour in Vietnam.

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
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 Scarbrough served with the Gulfport Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Gulfport community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Gulfport Police Department

Location Gulfport, MS

Platform Identity gpd.harrison.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 5, 1970

Age 22

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Woodrow Wayne Scarbrough served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Woodrow Wayne Scarbrough 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 Gulfport Police Department, 2 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Gulfport Police Department

of 8 officers

25% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident