JOHN HENRY KERR
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 3-W: 10
Department: Picher, Oklahoma, P.D.
End of Watch: March 18, 1987
Cause: AUTO
Age: 40
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Kerr and his partner, Reserve Officer Greg Sweeten, became involved in a high-speed pursuit of a pickup truck. The pursuit lasted about eight miles before Officer Kerr lost control of the police unit and it veered off State Highway 137 and smashed into a culvert about three miles south of Quapaw. Officer Sweeten sustained minor injuries. Officer Kerr suffered severe back injuries and died a week later.
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