Police Officer Jerrold Joseph "Jerry" Wyss

End of Watch: Tue, Oct 23rd, 2001

Date of Incident: Tue, Oct 23rd, 2001

Cause of Death: Motor Vehicle Accident (Response)

Service Time: 3 years

Age: 29

Survivors

His wife and one-year-old son

Incident

Officer Wyss was killed in an automobile accident while en route to back up another officer investigating a report of a vehicle whose occupants were firing a gun into a residence in rural Adams County.

Officer Wyss was responding to backup another officer who was intending to initiate a traffic stop. Officer Wyss' patrol car flipped over several times on U.S. 224 near the Indiana-Ohio border, ejecting Officer Wyss from the vehicle. The other officer chased the suspect vehicle into Ohio before calling off the pursuit with the suspects never being apprehended.

In 2002, U.S. 224 from County Road 200 East to County Road 700 East in Adams County was dedicated the Jerrold J. Wyss Memorial Highway in his honor.

Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.