Roll of Honor
Incident
Master Police Officer Jason Harris died of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash while on patrol.
Officer Harris was responding to assist an officer at the scene of a burglary. He was traveling east on Union Street when his motorcycle struck the right rear side of a westbound car as it was turning left into a private driveway. Officer Harris was thrown from his 2011 Kawasaki motorcycle and seriously injured.
He was taken to Spartanburg Medical Center where he underwent multiple surgeries before succumbing to his injuries two days later.
Master Police Officer Harris' grandfather, Rural Police Officer Elliott P. Harris of the York County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 17, 1932.
Officer Harris had served with the Spartanburg Police Department for 12 years.
Officer Harris was responding to assist an officer at the scene of a burglary. He was traveling east on Union Street when his motorcycle struck the right rear side of a westbound car as it was turning left into a private driveway. Officer Harris was thrown from his 2011 Kawasaki motorcycle and seriously injured.
Officer Harris had served with the Spartanburg Police Department for 12 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Master Police Officer Harris gave the Spartanburg Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Spartanburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Police Officer Harris.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Master Police Officer Jason Gregory Harris 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 SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Spartanburg Police Department, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jason Gregory Harris's cause is highlighted.
How Jason Gregory Harris Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jason Gregory Harris is highlighted in Apr.
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