Roll of Honor
Kenneth Joseph Starrs
Incident
Assistant Commander Ken Starrs was killed when his department vehicle was struck by a Union Pacific freight train at a crossing on County Road 2140, near Highway 77, in Kleberg County.
Assistant Commander Starrs was en route to the task force office when the collision occurred at the unprotected crossing.
Assistant Commander Starrs had served with the South Texas Specialized Crimes and Narcotics Task Force for over five years. He had previously served with the Corpus Christi Police Department for 27 years and the Port of Corpus Christi Police Department for six years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, two grandchildren, and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
39 years. You could have gone home.
Assistant Commander Starrs gave the South Texas Specialized Crimes and Narcotics Task Force 39 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Kingsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Commander Starrs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Assistant Commander Kenneth Joseph Starrs 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Joseph Starrs's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Joseph Starrs is highlighted in Nov.