Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 64-W: 5
Department: Jefferson County, Kentucky, P.D.
End of Watch: 06/19/1950
Cause: Automobile crash
Age: 40
Length of Service: 4
Automobile accident. Sergeant Sutherland was driving in his police cruiser when a car driving the wrong way on a divided highway struck them. The driver fled the scene and was later arrested and charged with manslaughter.
