Incident
Officer Miles Phillips and Officer Lewell Henderson were patrolling for bootleggers in a touring car. The touring car crashed near the intersection of Briarcliff Road and North Decatur Road and both were killed. It is unknown exactly what happened, but it is believed that bootleggers set a roadblock trap for Officers Henderson and Phillips.
Survivors
Officer Phillips was survived by his wife and four children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Phillips served with the DeKalb County Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Tucker community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Phillips.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
DeKalb County Police Department has lost 33 officers; 17 of them lost to accidents.
Miles is one of 264 officers lost to accidents in GA, 29.2% of the 905 remembered there.
Miles is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Miles is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.8% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1927, 2 officers at DeKalb County Police Department were lost to accidents, more than in any other year.
In 1927, 3 officers in GA were lost to accidents, the 27th heaviest of 98 years on record. The heaviest was 1968, with 8.
In 1927, 114 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.
In 1927, 119 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 4th heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
Miles was 50. Of the 17 lost to accidents at DeKalb County Police Department whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 34; the middle age was 31.
Miles was 50. Of the 251 lost to accidents in GA whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 47; the middle age was 36.
Miles was 50. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.
Miles was 50. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36.
When
August holds 17.6% of these deaths at DeKalb County Police Department; December holds the most, 23.5%. Fridays: 23.5%.
August holds 9.5% of these deaths in GA; December holds the most, 12.5%. Fridays: 16.3%.
August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Fridays: 15.1%.
August holds 9.3% of these deaths worldwide, more than any other month. Fridays: 15%.
How
Accident deaths account for 51.5% of all 33 deaths at DeKalb County Police Department, the most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.2% of all 905 deaths in GA, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.8% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
DeKalb County Police Department has 33 officers remembered here, Miles among them.
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John Wesley Webb
Mar 16, 1919
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Samuel Dean Gentry
Apr 8, 1925
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Lewell S. Henderson
Aug 12, 1927
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Miles Henry Phillips
Aug 12, 1927
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Charles Linton Phillips
Oct 7, 1932
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Edwin Cecil Garrison
Sep 20, 1946
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Charles Willis Wright, Jr.
Dec 22, 1948
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Wilford Eugene Johnson
Sep 7, 1952
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James Charles Nix
Sep 7, 1952
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James Lonnie Mize
Feb 6, 1954
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Johnny Farrell Puckett, Sr.
Jul 16, 1966
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Guy Fedrick Jones
Jun 5, 1968
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Charles Richard Norred
Sep 8, 1971
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William David Corn
Feb 1, 1972
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Donald Lee Mitchell
Jul 2, 1972
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Larry Eugene Quinn
Feb 4, 1973
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Thomas Stanhope Atkisson
Dec 14, 1976
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Robert Keith Hawkins
Feb 7, 1980
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Tommy Richard Gober, Jr.
Jun 28, 1980
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Wyndall T. Davis
Dec 3, 1981
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Wade C. Barrett, Jr.
Apr 8, 1991
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Richard Lee Teague
Nov 23, 1992
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Ricardo J. Torres
Sep 13, 1998
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Jarvis Darren Crumley
Dec 29, 1998
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Ann Marie Guinta
Jul 20, 2002
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Dennis Carmen Stepnowski
Jun 29, 2006
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Eric Cecil Barker, Sr.
Jan 16, 2008
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Ricky L. Bryant, Jr.
Jan 16, 2008
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Ivorie Gerhard Klusmann
Aug 10, 2013
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Kevin Jermaine Toatley
Sep 19, 2015
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Edgar Isidro Flores
Dec 13, 2018
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Daniel Marcus Mobley
Jan 2, 2021
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David Rose
Aug 8, 2025
Where
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