Roll of Honor
Richard Cartell Alexander
Incident
Police Officer Richard Alexander was killed when his cruiser was struck head-on by another vehicle.
He was performing administrative functions and was traveling from one city building to another when the crash occurred. As he entered an intersection, another vehicle turned directly into his cruiser. The driver of the other car and a third person were also killed in the collision.
Officer Alexander was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran who had served with the Chattanooga Police Department for 22 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and daughter.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
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.
Police Officer Alexander gave the Chattanooga Police Department 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chattanooga community. Thank you 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
Richard Cartell Alexander served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Richard Cartell Alexander 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%.
At Chattanooga Police Department, 4 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 14.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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