John D. "Jack" Bell

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch August 13, 1921

Age 28

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 58

Incident

Officer Jack Bell succumbed to injuries he received when he was in a motorcycle crash while responding to a burglary call at 2:00 pm. It was the second burglar call at the same address, and four officers were responding to the alarm. Officer Bell was traveling east on Fourth Street when another vehicle attempted to yield the right of way to another police vehicle on Commerce Street. The driver failed to see Officer Bell's motorcycle and struck him at the intersection. Officer Bell was transported to City-County Hospital and then moved to Protestant Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the following day. Officer Bell was a United States Navy WWI veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, mother, two brothers, and seven sisters.

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Last updated: August 2, 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.
Officer Bell served with the Fort Worth Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Fort Worth Police Department

Type Other

Location Fort Worth, TX

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

Service Record

End of Watch August 13, 1921

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

John D. "Jack" Bell served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer John D. "Jack" Bell is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 3.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Fort Worth Police Department, 19 of 59 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.2% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Worth Police Department

of 59 officers

32.2% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident