Trevor Scott Phillips
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Police Officer

Trevor Scott Phillips

Tuscaloosa Police Department — Tuscaloosa, AL
Accident
End of Watch May 21, 2011
Age 42
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Trevor Phillips was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting a funeral procession on 35th Street at approximately 2:20 pm.

As he drove towards the front of the procession, a vehicle attempted to exit the procession by making a U-turn. The vehicle pulled into the path of Sergeant Phillips, causing a collision in which he was thrown from the motorcycle.

Sergeant Phillips had served with the Tuscaloosa Police Department for 10 years.

In 2012, Mill Creek Avenue was renamed Officer Trevor S. Phillips Avenue in his honor.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Phillips gave the Tuscaloosa Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tuscaloosa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Phillips.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL
Platform Identity tpd.tuscaloosa.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 21, 2011
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2011, 64 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 66th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Trevor was 42. 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. Trevor had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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

Tuscaloosa Police Department has 12 officers remembered here, Trevor among them.

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Where

Police Officer Trevor Scott Phillips

Tuscaloosa Police Department · End of Watch May 21, 2011

Where the Name Is Cut

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