Dumas Froy Phillips
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Police Officer

Dumas Froy Phillips

Birmingham Police Department — Birmingham, AL
Accident
End of Watch April 23, 1934
Age 40
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Dumas Phillips was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty. Officer Phillips was fatally injured when he lost control of his motorcycle on Leeds Highway, three miles east of Irondale. He and another motorscout officer were returning from Pell City where they had attended court.

Survivors

Officer Phillips was survived by his wife, parents, five brothers, and six sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Phillips served with the Birmingham Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Phillips.

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

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Type Other
Location Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Platform Identity birmpd.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 23, 1934
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Dumas 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 1934, 91 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 12th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Dumas was 40. 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.

Age at death
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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

Birmingham Police Department has 49 officers remembered here, Dumas among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Dumas Froy Phillips

Birmingham Police Department · End of Watch April 23, 1934

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 7-E

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