Creighton Travis Spencer
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Police Officer

Creighton Travis Spencer

Accident
End of Watch March 25, 2001
Age 27
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Creighton Spencer was killed in an automobile crash while responding to a reckless driver call on Battle Mountain.

He was traveling on I-80 just west of Elko, Nevada, when his 1999 Chevrolet Suburban patrol vehicle left the roadway, struck a guard rail, and then veered into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer.

Officer Spencer's father, Captain Jack Spencer, also of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was killed in the line of duty in 1998 when he was also involved in an automobile accident on I-80 near Reno, Nevada.

Officer Spencer had served with the United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services for three years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, brother, and grandparents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Spencer gave the United States Department of the Interior 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Spencer.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdibiaojsfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 25, 2001
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Creighton is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2001, 77 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 31st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Creighton was 27. 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. Creighton had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 14%.

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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

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services has 52 officers remembered here, Creighton among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Creighton Travis Spencer

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch March 25, 2001

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-E

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