Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Walter Taylor was killed when his patrol car plunged off a bridge that was under construction. While traveling south on Montgomery Street at 4:30 a.m., he crashed into a barricade and flipped over, landing on a dirt embankment on Interstate 30. Officer Taylor was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for two years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, daughter, father and siblings.
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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.
Officer Taylor gave the Fort Worth Police Department 2 years.
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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Walter Stephen Taylor served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Officer Walter Stephen Taylor 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Fort Worth Police Dept., 19 of 59 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter Stephen Taylor's cause is highlighted.
How Walter Stephen Taylor Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Walter Stephen Taylor is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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