Roll of Honor
Incident
Undersheriff Brian Beck and Police Officer Kristian Willhight, of the Burns Flat Police Department, were killed when their patrol cars collided at the intersection of CR 2160 and CR 1210, near Dill City, during a vehicle pursuit in Washita County.
Undersheriff Beck had gone to a man's home to serve several felony warrants when the subject fled in his truck. Undersheriff Beck began to pursue the subject and called for backup.
The pursuit lasted for 31 minutes and ended when the subject crashed. Officer Willhight was responding to assist in the pursuit when the two patrol cars collided near Dill City, approximately 3-1/2 miles from where the subject crashed. The subject was also killed.
Undersheriff Beck had served with the Washita County Sheriff's Office for 16 years.
Survivors
Survivors include his wife and two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Undersheriff Beck gave the Washita County Sheriff's Office 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cordell community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff Beck.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Undersheriff Brian D. Beck 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%.
At Washita County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Brian D. Beck's cause is highlighted.
How Brian D. Beck Compares
Offender Outcome
Deceased
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Brian D. Beck is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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