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Deputy Sheriff

Joseph Lewis Latimer

Cotton County Sheriff's Office — Walters, OK

Accident

End of Watch October 19, 1995

Age 23

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 208

The Vigil Panel 142 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Latimer was killed in a vehicle crash at SH 65 and Central Street as he responded to a call to backup officers involved in a gang shootout. Deputy Latimer was assisting Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers to investigate a traffic collision just north of Temple, Oklahoma. During the investigation, Temple Police requested assistance in dealing with a large crowd at the scene of a drive-by shooting. Deputy Latimer radioed that he was responding to assist the Temple officers. The dispatcher then lost radio contact with him. A short time later, a Temple officer found Deputy Latimer's wrecked patrol car. Deputy Latimer had been thrown 15-feet from the vehicle. He was airlifted to a hospital in Lawton but was pronounced dead on arrival on the morning of October 19th, 1995.

Survivors

Deputy Latimer is survived by his wife and daughter.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Latimer gave the Cotton County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Walters community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Latimer.

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

Agency

Department Cotton County Sheriff's Office

Location Walters, OK

Platform Identity ccso.cotton.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 1995

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 23

Badge Number 208

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Lewis Latimer 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Cotton County Sheriff's Office

of 1 officers

100% Accident

OK — Statewide

135

of 582 officers

23.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Lewis Latimer's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Joseph Lewis Latimer Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service