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Remembering Law Enforcement’s Heroes

Sergeant Steven L Licon

California Highway Patrol (CA) EOW: Apr 06, 2019

Sergeant Steve Licon was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on I-15, between Lake Street and Nichols Road, in Lake Elsinore at 4:26 pm.He had... Read More »

Police Officer Natalie Becky Corona

Davis Police Department (CA) EOW: Jan 10, 2019

Police Officer Natalie Corona was shot and killed after responding to a report of a three-car vehicle crash near the intersection of 5th and D streets.As Officer Corona was conducting... Read More »

Corporal Ronil Singh

Newman Police Department (CA) EOW: Dec 26, 2018

Corporal Ronil Singh was shot and killed while conducting a vehicle stop at the intersection of Merced Street and Eucalyptus Avenue shortly before 1:00 am.Approximately three minutes after... Read More »

K9 Bane

Tulare Police Department (CA) EOW: Dec 09, 2018

K9 Bane was shot and killed near the intersection of Tulare Avenue and Palm Street while attempting to apprehend a suspect following a vehicle pursuit.The pursuit began after another officer... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Tony Hinostroza Iii

Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department (CA) EOW: Nov 25, 2018

Deputy Sheriff Tony Hinostroza was killed in a vehicle crash as he responded to assist other deputies who were involved in a vehicle pursuit in Riverbank.The pursuit started after deputies... Read More »

K9 Bandit

Sutter County Sheriff's Office (CA) EOW: Nov 15, 2018

K9 Bandit was shot and killed while attempting an apprehension of a double murder suspect in Butte County.Officers had been alerted to a suspicious vehicle in the Camp Fire evacuation... Read More »

Police Officer Toshio Hirai

Gardena Police Department (CA) EOW: Nov 15, 2018

Police Officer Toshio Hirai succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash the previous day.His police motorcycle was struck by a car at the intersection of Western Avenue and 238th... Read More »

Sergeant Ronald Lee Helus

Ventura County Sheriff's Office (CA) EOW: Nov 08, 2018

Sergeant Ron Helus was shot and killed after responding to an active shooter at a bar at 99 Rolling Oaks Drive in Thousand Oaks.When he arrived, Sergeant Helus heard gunfire... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Mark V Stasyuk

Sacramento County Sheriff's Department (CA) EOW: Sep 17, 2018

Deputy Sheriff Mark Stasyuk was shot and killed at approximately 1:50 pm as he and another a deputy responded to a disturbance call at an auto parts store at 10899... Read More »

Corrections Officer Armando Gallegos Jr

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CA) EOW: Sep 14, 2018

Corrections Officer Armando Gallegos succumbed to injuries sustained at approximately 3:30 pm on April 21st, 2018 when he was attacked by multiple inmates at the Kern Valley State Prison.He and... Read More »

Police Officer Oscar Adrian Reyes

Costa Mesa Police Department (CA) EOW: Sep 12, 2018

Police Officer Oscar Reyes suffered a fatal heart attack after participating in the Orange County Traffic Officers Association Motor Rodeo at Huntington State Beach.He had participated in several... Read More »

Officer Kirk A Griess

California Highway Patrol (CA) EOW: Aug 10, 2018

Officer Kirk Griess was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on I-80, near Manuel Campos Parkway, in Solano.Another vehicle entered the area and struck both... Read More »

Officer Andrew J Camilleri Sr

California Highway Patrol (CA) EOW: Dec 24, 2017

Officer Andrew Camilleri was killed when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver on I-880, near Route 92, in Hayward.He and his partner were parked on the shoulder... Read More »

K9 Jax

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (CA) EOW: Oct 31, 2017

K9 Jax was stabbed to death while attempting an apprehension at an apartment complex in the 500 block of East Weddell Avenue.Officers had responded to a domestic violence incident in... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Robert French

Sacramento County Sheriff's Department (CA) EOW: Aug 30, 2017

Deputy Sheriff Bob French was shot and killed outside of the Ramada Inn in the 2600 block of Auburn Boulevard while conducting an auto theft investigation at approximately 10:30 am.Members... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Robert Rumfelt

Lake County Sheriff's Office (CA) EOW: Aug 22, 2017

Deputy Sheriff Rob Rumfelt suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a fight call involving approximately five people in the 900 block of Boggs Lane, in Lakeport, at approximately... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Michael Robert Foley

Alameda County Sheriff's Office (CA) EOW: Feb 23, 2017

Deputy Sheriff Michael Foley was struck and killed by a prisoner transport bus in the parking lot of the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, at approximately 6:00 am.He was... Read More »

Officer Lucas F Chellew

California Highway Patrol (CA) EOW: Feb 22, 2017

Officer Lucas Chellew was killed in a motorcycle crash near the intersection of Stockton Boulevard and Fruitridge Road, in Sacramento, while pursuing another motorcycle.Officer Chellew's motorcycle... Read More »

Police Officer Keith Wayne Boyer

Whittier Police Department (CA) EOW: Feb 20, 2017

Police Officer Keith Boyer was shot and killed as he and another officer investigated an accident near the intersection of Colima Road and Mar Vista Street.Unbeknownst to the officers, the... Read More »

CA Fallen Officers

Police Officer William Buechner

Auburn Police Division (AL) EOW: May 19, 2019

Police Officer William Buechner was shot and killed at about 10:10 pm when he and two other officers responded to a domestic disturbance in the 3300 block of Wire Road.After... Read More »

Sergeant Kelvin Ansari

Savannah Police Department (GA) EOW: May 11, 2019

Sergeant Kelvin Ansari was shot and killed as he attempted to apprehend a robbery suspect.He and other officers had responded to a robbery that occurred at a barbershop in the... Read More »

Constable Willie Houston Hoot West

Lowndes County Constable's Office (MS) EOW: May 09, 2019

Constable Hoot West succumbed to injuries sustained three days earlier when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree on Harrison Road.He was serving civil papers when the crash... Read More »

Police Officer Anthony Neri

Sanibel Police Department (FL) EOW: May 06, 2019

Police Officer Anthony Neri suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in his agency's physical ability testing at the Lee County Sheriff's Office range on Felix Romano Avenue.He collapsed... Read More »

Trooper Matthew Elias Gatti

Tennessee Highway Patrol (TN) EOW: May 06, 2019

Trooper Matthew Gatti was killed when his patrol car collided with two tractor-trailers on I-40 near mile marker 74 in Madison County.The incident occurred at approximately 3:45 pm as Trooper... Read More »

Police Officer Robert Mckeithen

Biloxi Police Department (MS) EOW: May 05, 2019

Police Officer Robert McKeithen was shot and killed in the Lopez-Quave Public Safety Center's parking lot, at 170 Porter Avenue, at about 10:00 pm.A male subject walked up to him... Read More »

K9 Officer Jordan Harris Sheldon

Mooresville Police Department (NC) EOW: May 04, 2019

Police Officer Jordan Sheldon was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop on West Plaza Drive at 10:00 pm.He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to... Read More »

Special Agent In Charge Liquat A Leo Khan

United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (US) EOW: Apr 30, 2019

Special Agent Leo Khan suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in the agency's physical fitness test at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.He was transported... Read More »

Conservation Officer Eugene Wynn Jr

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division (MN) EOW: Apr 19, 2019

Conservation Officer Eugene Wynn drowned in Cross Lake after being thrown from a boat at approximately 7:45 pm.He and a Pine County sheriff's deputy were responding to a report of... Read More »

Police Officer Kyle Olinger

Montgomery County Police Department (MD) EOW: Apr 18, 2019

Police Officer Kyle Olinger succumbed to complications of a gunshot wound sustained on August 13th, 2003, while making a traffic stop at the intersection of Second Avenue and Spring Street... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Justin Richard Derosier

Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office (WA) EOW: Apr 14, 2019

Deputy Sheriff Justin DeRosier was shot and killed in the 100 block of Fallert Road after responding to investigate reports of a disabled motor home shortly after 10:00 pm.After arriving... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Ii Spencer Allen Englett

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office (GA) EOW: Apr 04, 2019

Deputy Sheriff Spencer Englett suffered a traumatic medical event while participating in a training exercise at the Basic Police Officer Training Program at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center... Read More »

Detective Benjamin J Campbell

Maine State Police (ME) EOW: Apr 03, 2019

Detective Ben Campbell was struck and killed by a vehicle tire while assisting at the scene of a disabled vehicle on I-95 south of Coldbrook Road in Hampden at 7:30... Read More »

Trooper Gerald Wayne Ellis

Illinois State Police (IL) EOW: Mar 30, 2019

Trooper Gerald Ellis was killed in a vehicle collision involving a wrong-way driver on I-94, in Green Oaks, at 3:25 am.He was traveling westbound on I-94 when he observed another... Read More »

Trooper Brooke Jones Story

Illinois State Police (IL) EOW: Mar 28, 2019

Trooper Brooke Jones-Story was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while conducting a traffic stop on U.S. Route 20 near State Route 75 in Freeport.She had stopped another tractor-trailer and... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Peter Herrera

El Paso County Sheriff's Office (TX) EOW: Mar 24, 2019

Deputy Sheriff Peter Herrera succumbed to wounds sustained when he was shot after pulling over a vehicle in San Elizario at 1:50 am.He had stopped the vehicle for a registration... Read More »

Police Officer Paul Thomas Rutherford

Phoenix Police Department (AZ) EOW: Mar 21, 2019

Police Officer Paul Rutherford was struck and killed by a vehicle near the intersection of 75th Avenue and Indian School Road at 8:30 am.He was at the scene of an... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Ryan Shane Thompson

Kittitas County Sheriff's Office (WA) EOW: Mar 19, 2019

Deputy Sheriff Ryan Thompson was shot and killed in the city of Kittitas following a vehicle pursuit at approximately 7:45 pm.He had responded to a traffic complaint involving a road... Read More »

Corporal Daniel H Groves

Colorado State Patrol (CO) EOW: Mar 13, 2019

Corporal Daniel Groves was struck and killed by a vehicle on I-76, near mile marker 47 west of Roggen, during a blizzard.He was assisting a driver who had slid off... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Jacob Howard Keltner

McHenry County Sheriff's Office (IL) EOW: Mar 07, 2019

Deputy Sheriff Jacob Keltner was shot and killed as he and other members of the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force attempted to serve an arrest warrant in Rockford, Illinois.The... Read More »

National Fallen Officers

News

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Deputy Sheriffs’ Association gives to the Fire Fighter Toy Program

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Matt Haney and the DSA Donate Toys to Children

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SFDSA received the 2018 Platinum Seal of Transparency

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