Angela K. Payne
Deputy Sheriff

Angela K. Payne

Accident
End of Watch February 26, 2000
Age 31
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Angela Payne was killed after she was struck by a vehicle while she was investigating a shooting call on Byington-Beaver Ridge Road in Knoxville.

She and another officer had responded to a business when the sheriff's department received a 911 call about a possible shooting around 1:40 a.m. Because there was no shoulder on the road, both officers parked in the northbound lane of the two-lane road with emergency lights activated. While standing in the southbound lane, both officers were struck from behind by another driver. They were transported by ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where Deputy Payne remained on life support until her organs could be donated. The second officer was admitted in critical condition.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Payne gave the Knox County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Knoxville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Payne.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Knoxville, Knox County, TN
Platform Identity kcso.knox.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 26, 2000
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 31
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Angela 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 2000, 85 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 19th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Angela 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. Angela had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

February holds 7.2% 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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Her people

Knox County Sheriff's Department has 11 officers remembered here, Angela among them.

Deputy Sheriff Angela K. Payne

Knox County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch February 26, 2000

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-W

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