Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 59-E -33
Department: Macon, Georgia, P.D.
End of Watch: 12/15/1927
Cause: Traffic-related, Automobile Crash
Age: 48
Length of Service: 9 years
On December 13, 1927, Detective Arnold was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash as he and a second officer were in pursuit of a suspected bootlegger. The automobile struck a hole in the road, overturned, and then struck a fence. The second officer suffered slight injuries. Detective Arnold was transported to the hospital with a fractured skull and other injures and died two days later on December 15th.
