George Lee Brady
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Officer

George Lee Brady

Tulsa Police Department — Tulsa, OK
Accident
End of Watch April 13, 1963
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Brady was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a juvenile suspect. The suspect was fleeing because he no license. During the pursuit another vehicle pulled out in front of Officer Brady, causing him to swerve into oncoming traffic at speeds of 90 mph. His police car struck another car head-on, killing Officer Brady and a passenger in the other car. The original suspect was apprehended after crashing.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Brady served with the Tulsa Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Tulsa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Brady.

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

Agency

Location Tulsa, OK
Platform Identity tpd.tulsa.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 13, 1963
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Not available
Offender Not available

Officer George Lee Brady 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 Tulsa Police Department, 11 of 42 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.2% of this agency's fallen.

Tulsa Police Department
11
of 42 officers
26.2% 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. George Lee Brady'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 George Lee Brady Compares

Offender Outcome

Not available

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George Lee Brady is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897