Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Hollowell succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident 10 months earlier. He was responding to a call when his motorcycle struck a dog at Throckmorton Street and Third Street. He was transported to a local hospital and drifted in and out of a comatose state for the next 10 months.
Officer Hollowell had previously served 10 years with the Waco Police Department. During that time, he had been shot or stabbed a total of 10 times while on duty. The injury sustained in the motorcycle accident, combined with a lung wound sustained in one of the previous stabbings, caused his death.
Officer Hollowell had been with the Fort Worth Police Department for 2 years, and had been in law enforcement for 12 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Hollowell gave the Fort Worth Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hollowell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Officer R. P. "Bob" Hollowell 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. R. P. "Bob" Hollowell's cause is highlighted.
How R. P. "Bob" Hollowell Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. R. P. "Bob" Hollowell is highlighted in Dec.
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