Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Agent James Robison was killed when his patrol car collided with an Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad train in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The accident occurred at an unguarded crossing in the 800 block of South Sante Fe Avenue at 10:09 am. Agent Robison attempted to stop for the train but slid into the its path as a result of ice and snow on the road surface. Agent Robison was extricated from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital at 10:35 am. He died a short time later. Agent Robison was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and had served in law enforcement for 25 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Special Agent Robison gave the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Topeka community, 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
James Robert Robison served in the Army (1954â1957) before joining law enforcement.
Special Agent James Robert Robison 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 KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, 8 of 32 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Robert Robison's cause is highlighted.
How James Robert Robison Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Robert Robison is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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