Johnnie Whittle

Oklahoma Highway Patrol — Oklahoma City, OK

Felonious

End of Watch September 14, 1953

Age 38

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 135

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 38

Incident

Trooper Whittle was shot and killed while driving two men to the patrol headquarters. He had picked up the two men after responding to a suspicious person call. As he pulled into the parking lot one of the men pulled out a handgun from a shoulder holster and shot Trooper Whittle. The 19-year-old Missouri parole violator was arrested approximately two hours later and subsequently sentenced to 65 years. He was paroled in 1979. Trooper Whittle had been with the agency for 10 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Whittle gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Whittle.

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

Agency

Department Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Location Oklahoma City, OK

Platform Identity ohp.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 14, 1953

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 38

Badge Number 135

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .22 caliber

Offender Paroled in 1979

Trooper Johnnie Whittle is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In OK, 403 of 582 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.2% of this state's fallen. That is 15 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 19 of 39 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 48.7% of this agency's fallen.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

of 39 officers

48.7% Felonious

OK — Statewide

403

of 582 officers

69.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious