Randall Lynn Fletcher

Fort Worth Police Dept. — Fort Worth, TX

Felonious

End of Watch August 31, 1977

Age 24

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

Badge 1420

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 58

Incident

Officer Randy Fletcher was killed after being struck by a vehicle operated by an intoxicated driver on the North Freeway in Fort Worth. Shortly after midnight, Officer Fletcher was helping a truck driver place flares around his disabled truck when his patrol car was hit. The force of impact pinned him between his patrol vehicle and the disabled truck. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Officer Fletcher had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for over three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his daughter, parents, sister, and fiancée.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Fletcher gave the Fort Worth Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Fletcher.

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

Agency

Department Fort Worth Police Dept.

Location Fort Worth, TX

Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 31, 1977

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

Age 24

Badge Number 1420

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

Offender Plead guilty, sentenced to three years.

Officer Randall Lynn Fletcher is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Fort Worth Police Dept., 33 of 59 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55.9% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Worth Police Dept.

of 59 officers

55.9% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious