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Police Officer

Gerald Wayne Warf, Jr.

Red Bank Police Department — Red Bank, TN

Accident

End of Watch June 28, 2003

Age 30

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Officer Gerald Warf was killed in an automobile accident while responding to accident-with-injuries call at 0315 hours.

Officer Warf was driving southbound on Dayton Boulevard when his patrol car collided with a street sweeper that had broken down in the roadway. The driver of the sweeper, who was the brother of a Chattanooga police officer, was standing outside of the vehicle and was also killed.

Officer Warf had been employed with the Red Bank Police Department for three years, and had previously served with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department for two years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and 2-year-old son.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Warf gave the Red Bank Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Red Bank community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Warf.

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

Agency

Department Red Bank Police Department

Location Red Bank, TN

Platform Identity rbpd.hamilton.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 28, 2003

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Gerald Wayne Warf, Jr. 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Red Bank Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

TN — Statewide

191

of 769 officers

24.8% 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. Gerald Wayne Warf, Jr.'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 Gerald Wayne Warf, Jr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service