Anthony Edward Jenkins was a 25-year-old Black patrolman for Meigs, Georgia, who was shot late on April 29, 1980, near the end of an ordinary work night. He had been with the Meigs Police Department only about two months and was still a trainee, filling in on patrol as the small department was short-staffed. Jenkins was found wounded, taken to Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, and died there roughly four hours later.

The record preserves Jenkins’s end of watch more fully than it does the case’s resolution.

If anyone knew Jenkins, saw activity in Meigs that night, or has information about the arrests or subsequent legal steps, please share what is known.