List of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers killed in the line of duty

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The following Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers have all been killed in the line of duty. One hundred officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) are officially recognized as dying in the line of duty; it does not take into account fallen officers from the Lynwood sheriff's Department, Compton Police Department, and a number of other law enforcement agencies which were later merged into the Sheriff's Department, but does recognize those who joined the Department from the existing agencies and subsequently died. [1]

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The term "line of duty" means any action which an officer is obligated or authorized to carry out, or for which the officer is compensated by the public agency he or she serves. The term "killed in the line of duty" means a law enforcement officer has died as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. This includes law enforcement officers who, while in an off-duty capacity, act in response to a law violation, or are driving to or from work. [2]

The fallen officers of the LASD are honored and remembered in a number of ways. Some sheriff stations have memorial walls to remember fallen officers assigned to that particular station, such as the one at Lakewood. There is also a memorial wall at the Memorial Park at the Sheriff's Training Academy and Regional Services Center in Whittier, California. The California Peace Officers’ Memorial is a wood and glass encased book containing the names of all fallen officers in California, and is attached to a wall outside of the Governor of California's office in the state capital Sacramento. In 1988, the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument was dedicated to the memory of the state's fallen officers. The monument is a 13 feet tall, three-figured bronze monument in California's state capital, Sacramento, representing a county sheriff of the 1880s, a state trooper of the 1930s, and a city patrolman of the 1980s. [3] In the United States capital city Washington D.C., the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, which was established in 1970, honors law enforcement officials from across the nation who have died in the line of duty. [4]

The LASD Memorial wall at the Training Academy, Whittier, California LASD Memorial wall.jpg
The LASD Memorial wall at the Training Academy, Whittier, California

Officers

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— denotes information is not available.
  shaded rows with "L/D" in the Notes cell denotes the officer died at a later date than the day of the incident.
  shaded rows with "O/D" in the Notes cell denotes the officer was killed while off duty.
  shaded rows with "O/D-L/D" in the Notes cell denotes the officer was off duty when injured, and died at a later date than the day of the incident.
   shaded rows with a corresponding numerical figure in the Notes cell denotes when officers died as a result of the same incident.
   shaded rows with a corresponding numerical figure and L/D in the Notes cell denotes when officers died as a result of the same incident, but at a later date.

NameRankTenureDate of deathAgeCause of deathNotes
James R. Barton Sheriff 1857-01-23 Gunfire 1 [5] [6] [7]
Charles T. Daly Deputy 1857-01-23 Gunfire 1
William H. Little Constable 1857-01-23 Gunfire 1
Charles C. Baker Constable 1857-01-23 Gunfire 1
William C. Getman Constable 1 week1858-01-07 Gunfire [8]
George Lee Wilson Deputy 6 years1897-01-08 Gunfire L/D
Michael V. Van Vliet Deputy 1918-11-20 Gunfire [A]
Harold D. Broadwell Deputy 1919-11-09 Motorcycle accident
Gordon H. Gliddon Deputy 1920-11-09 Motorcycle accident
Henry J. Ronsse Deputy 1922-01-0235 Gunfire O/D
William E. Funkhouser Deputy 1922-05-14 Gunfire
Robery E. Magee Deputy 1923-11-2034 Gunfire
Frank DeWarChief Deputy 1932-01-29 Airplane accident
C.A. Vejar Deputy 1932-11-12 Gunfire
John Hedge Deputy 1933-09-12 Gunfire (accidental)O/D
David Stout Larimer Deputy 1941-12-2465Struck by vehicle
Fred P. Guiol Sergeant 20 years1946-03-1050 Gunfire O/D
Elbert Jay Hall Deputy 7 years1949-11-14 Car accident
Edwin M. Falkowski Deputy 5 years, 6 months1946-03-1028 Heart attack
Vernon J. Corbell Sergeant 9 years1957-04-1540 Airplane accident
Harold Stephen Blevins Deputy 1957-10-1226 Gunfire
David Alois Horr Deputy 3 years1958-02-09 Gunfire L/D
Donald J. Gillis Lieutenant 20 years1958-09-2045 Gunfire
Harold A. Reis Jr. Deputy 2 years1958-09-2329 Car accident
Lee. E. SawyerReserve Deputy 9 years1960-10-1451Struck by vehicle
Manuel A. Ayon Deputy 2 years1961-01-1831 Car accident
Timothy J. Harnett Deputy 1961-11-22 Heart attack
William A. White Deputy 5 years1964-03-2133 Vehicular assault
Willard R. Ballard Sergeant 26 years1964-05-2650 Heart attack
Lloyd G. ConstantineReserve Deputy 7 years1964-06-2442 Vehicular assault
John M. Slobojan Deputy 5 years1964-11-0730 Heart attack
Ronald E. Ludlow Deputy 1965-08-13 Gunfire
Michael V. WigdersonReserve Deputy 1967-03-2030 Gunfire (accidental)
James W. Waygood Deputy 1967-10-11 Car accident
Robert K. Schnur Deputy 14 years1968-09-3044 Helicopter accident 2
Gary E. McCullah Deputy 6 years1968-09-3029 Helicopter accident 2
Charles D. Rea Deputy 11 months1969-01-2635 Drowned
Lionel W. DashleyReserve Deputy 6 years1969-09-0153 Motorcycle accident
Gordon D. Erickson Deputy 1970-04-3025 Fall L/D
Louis Carl Wallace Deputy 1970-12-0829 Gunfire
Gary David Saunders Deputy 1971-05-22 Gunfire
Barry J. Hoffman Deputy 2 years1971-08-3024 Gunfire L/D
Charles O. Ley Deputy 1972-05-2431 Car accident
Joseph R. Herrera Deputy 1972-10-03Struck by vehicle
Donald William Schneider Detective 1973-01-0440 Gunfire 3
Carl Eugene Wilson Detective 1973-01-0440 Gunfire 3
David E. Andrews Deputy 4 years1973-12-1223 Gunfire O/D
James Foote Deputy 6 years1974-10-0433 Car accident
Theodor A. Abreu Deputy 1974-10-23 Car accident
Darden Hollis Deputy 15 years1975-01-0142 Gunfire
Edward John Russell Sergeant 10 years1977-01-1533 Car accident
Lee Lewis Deputy 6 years1977-01-1535 Car accident
Didier M. Hurdle Deputy 1977-11-25 Gunfire
Gregory L. Low Deputy 8 years1977-11-2529 Car accident 4
Charles PlumleighReserve Deputy 1978-03-01 Car accident 4
Arthur E. Pelino Deputy 21 years1978-03-1950 Gunfire
Thomas H. Pohlman Deputy 1978-04-18 Gunfire
Walter W. Hannan Jr. Deputy 1978-05-03 Car accident
George R. Barthel Deputy 1979-04-1932 Gunfire
Jack Don Williams Deputy 9 years1978-05-0336 Gunfire
Constance Ellen Worland Deputy 4 years1981-05-0239 Gunfire (accidental) [B]
Kenneth D. Ell Deputy 14 years1982-01-1936 Gunfire (accidental)
Lawrence Lavieri Deputy 16 years1983-03-1938 Gunfire
Larrell K. Smith Sergeant 1983-04-16 Gunfire
James P. Clark Deputy 3 years1983-06-1629 Car accident
Lloyd Beauford BrooksReserve Captain 19 years1984-09-0143Struck by vehicle
David Lance Holguin Deputy 1984-09-05 Gunfire O/D
George L. Arthur Sergeant 1985-06-01 Gunfire O/D
Raul Adauto Deputy 17 years1986-04-0539Duty related injuryL/D [C]
Charles Robert Anderson Deputy 11 years1987-01-2435 Gunfire O/D
Jack B. Miller Deputy 12 years1988-01-0933 Gunfire L/D
James D. McSweeney Deputy 12 years1988-10-24 Helicopter accident 5 [D]
Roy Allen Chester Deputy 12 years1988-10-24 Helicopter accident 5 [D]
Rosemary Iris May Deputy 21 years1989-09-2649 Car accident
Nelson Henry Yamamoto Deputy 3 years1992-03-3126 Gunfire
Richard B. Hammack Deputy 1992-05-1131 Gunfire
Thomas D. Meinke Deputy 6 years1995-01-0228 Gunfire O/D
Stephen Wayne Blair Deputy 10 years1995-05-1231 Gunfire
Jimmie Richard Henry Deputy 18 years1995-05-1249Duty related injuryL/D [E]
Antranik Geuvjehizian Deputy 7 years1995-07-1932 Gunfire O/D
Gustavo Wong Deputy 6 years1996-07-1929Vehicle AccidentO/D
Shayne Daniel York Deputy 2 years1997-08-1626 Gunfire O/D-L/D [F] [9]
Michael Lee Hoenig Deputy 10 years1997-10-3032 Gunfire [10]
Brandan Garrett Hinkle Deputy 11 years2001-02-1433 Motorcycle accident
Hagop Jake Kuredjian Deputy 17 years2001-08-3140 Gunfire [J] [11]
David William March Deputy 7 years2002-04-2933 Gunfire [12] [13]
David Alan Powell Deputy 18 years2002-11-3042 Gunfire [14]
Stephen Douglas Sorensen Deputy 12 years2003-08-0246 Gunfire [15] [16]
Michael Richard Arruda Deputy 13 years2004-06-1535 Gunfire (accidental)L/D [17]
James Phillip Tutino Deputy 23 years2005-01-2647 Train crash O/D [G] [18]
Jerry Ortiz Deputy 15 years2005-06-2435 Gunfire
Pierre Walter Bain Deputy 14 years2006-03-2145 Motorcycle accident
Maria Cecilia Rosa Deputy 6 years2006-03-2830 Gunfire O/D
David Stan Piquette Deputy 10 years2006-07-0734 Car accident
Raul V. Gama Deputy 20 years2007-05-0143Struck by vehicle
Juan A. Escalante Deputy 2 years, 6 months2008-08-0227 Gunfire O/D
Randy Jay Hamson Deputy 5 years2008-10-2444Struck by vehicle L/D [H]
Charlene M. Rottler Deputy 2010-01-03 Car accident L/D [I] [19]
David L. Nelson Deputy 22 years2011-08-1155 Car accident O/D
Steve Owen Sergeant 29 years2016-10-0553 Gunfire [20]
Alfonso Lopez Sergeant 26 years2016-10-2447Automobile Accident
Solano Joseph Gilbert Deputy 13 years2019-06-1350 Gunfire O/D [21] [22]

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References

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