Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Service Technician Booker Shaw was struck by a dump truck and killed while investigating an accident on I-240 near the Millbranch Road interchange. When Technician Shaw arrived he put out cones and a caution sign. He was walking back to his car when a dump truck, unable to stop because of wet pavement, crashed through the sign and into Technician Shaw's car, forcing the car into him. Technician Shaw was transported to the hospital where he died three weeks later from his injuries. Police Service Technician Shaw served with the Memphis Police Department for 16 months.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Police Service Technician Shaw gave the Memphis Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Service Technician Shaw.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Service Technician Booker T. Shaw 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 Memphis Police Department, 25 of 94 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Booker T. Shaw's cause is highlighted.
How Booker T. Shaw Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Booker T. Shaw is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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