Booker T. Shaw
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Police Service Technician

Booker T. Shaw

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN
Accident
End of Watch December 17, 1985
Age 31
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 4 mo
Badge 8083
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Service Technician Booker Shaw was struck by a dump truck and killed while investigating an accident on I-240 near the Millbranch Road interchange. When Technician Shaw arrived he put out cones and a caution sign. He was walking back to his car when a dump truck, unable to stop because of wet pavement, crashed through the sign and into Technician Shaw's car, forcing the car into him. Technician Shaw was transported to the hospital where he died three weeks later from his injuries. Police Service Technician Shaw served with the Memphis Police Department for 16 months.

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You barely got started.
Police Service Technician Shaw gave the Memphis Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Service Technician Shaw.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Platform Identity mpd.shelby.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 1985
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 4 mo
Age 31
Badge Number 8083
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Booker is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1985, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Booker was 31. 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. Booker had served 1.3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Memphis Police Department has 94 officers remembered here, Booker among them.

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Where

Police Service Technician Booker T. Shaw

Memphis Police Department · End of Watch December 17, 1985

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 39-W

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