Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Richard Jackson was killed in an automobile crash during a pursuit near Newport that reached 110 mph around 10:00 p.m. He and his partner were pursuing a speeding vehicle being driven by a 16-year-old when he lost control of his patrol car, striking a telephone pole and then a group of trees. Both patrolmen were taken to hospital, where Patrolman Jackson was pronounced dead on arrival. His partner recovered later from his injuries. The driver was convicted of reckless driving and received a 2-year suspended sentence; their driver's license was suspended for two years, placed on probation, and his parents were ordered to pay his wife $4000. Only a few months later, he was involved in a wreck in Pitt County while drunk. He was sentenced to two years in prison and had his license suspended for an additional two years. On June 14, 1954, he was involved in another chase on a 20-mile stretch of Highway 70 west of New Bern when a trooper tried to stop him for suspected drunk driving in his new Corvette convertible. The trooper said he was too fast to catch up with, and only with the help of other troopers was he boxed in and forced to stop. The 21-year-old was extremely intoxicated and forced seven other drivers into roadside ditches. He was convicted of reckless and drunk driving, fined $500, and his license was permanently revoked. Patrolman Jackson was a United States Army WWII veteran.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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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.
Patrolman Jackson served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Richard Warren Jackson served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Richard Warren Jackson 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 NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen.
At North Carolina Highway Patrol, 41 of 69 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Warren Jackson's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Warren Jackson Compares
Offender Outcome
vehicle pursuit
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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