Roster of On-Duty Deaths

About 15 police officers are killed in the line of duty statewide each year. The shooting death of Garden Grove Officer Howard Dallies brings to 31 the number of on-duty officers killed in Orange County, beginning in 1912.

Robert Squires

Agency: Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Date: Dec. 16, 1912

How: Shot while attempting to arrest a rape suspect

Edwin R. Jensen

Agency: Santa Ana Police Department

Date: Feb. 28, 1931

How: Lost control of his motorcycle while chasing speeding vehicle

Ezra Stanley

Agency: Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Date: Nov. 19, 1940

How: Patrol car struck from behind

Gordon G. French

Agency: Laguna Beach Police Department

Date: Feb. 13, 1953

How: Shot after being taken hostage by an escaped felon

Camile E. Madere

Agency: California Highway Patrol

Date: Jan. 24, 1958

How: Motorcycle collided with dump truck

Robert L. Shultz

Agency: Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Date: April 21, 1958

How: Shot after pulling over a family traveling in old school bus

Myron L. Trapp

Agency: Garden Grove Police Department

Date: Oct. 6, 1959

How: Shot trying to arrest suspect in the shooting of a utility worker

Leonard W. Winney

Agency: California Highway Patrol

Date: Nov. 12, 1959

How: Motorcycle collided with dump truck

Robert D. Dale

Agency: California Highway Patrol

Date: March 10, 1960

How: Motorcycle collided with pickup truck

John C. Marshall

Agency: Newport Beach Police Department

Date: Sept. 29, 1962

How: Motorcycle collided with car

Nelson K. Sasscer

Agency: Santa Ana Police Department

Date: June 5, 1969

How: Shot by Black Panther Party member

Andrew R. Reese

Agency: Garden Grove Police Department

Date: May 30, 1970

How: Struck by out-of-control vehicle while directing traffic

Darrel D. Cate

Agency: Buena Park Police Department

Date: Sept. 21, 1972

How: Shot in home of felony suspect after becoming separated from partner

Carl E. Wilson and Donald W. Schneider

Agency: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Date: Jan. 4, 1973

How: Shot in Orange County home while pursuing a Los Angeles County murder suspect

Waldron G. Karp

Agency: Tustin Police Department

Date: Jan. 7, 1973

How: Shot while trying to disarm barricaded suspect

Leslie J. Prince

Agency: Huntington Beach Police Department

Date: Nov. 16, 1974

How: Struck by drunk driver while directing traffic

Jerry S. Hatch

Agency: Fullerton Police Department

Date: June 30, 1975

How: Struck by drunk driver

Gary A. Nelson

Agency: Anaheim Police Department

Date: Aug. 15, 1975

How: Helicopter crashed during narcotics surveillance

Donald J. Sowman Sr.

Agency: Cypress Police Department

Date: Nov. 19, 1976

How: Shot while responding to silent burglar alarm

Daniel A. Hale

Agency: Santa Ana Police Department

Date: Nov. 12, 1977

How: Shot while responding to burglary in progress

Richard T. Steed

Agency: San Clemente Police Department

Date: Nov. 29, 1978

How: Shot while answering medical aid call

Donald F. Reed

Agency: Garden Grove Police Department

Date: June 7, 1980

How: Shot while serving an arrest warrant

Michael L. Rainford

Agency: Garden Grove Police Department

Date: Nov. 7, 1980

How: Patrol car struck from behind by drunk driver

Dave Ketchum and Mike Libolt

Agency: Costa Mesa Police Department

Date: March 10, 1987

How: Police helicopter in midair collision while pursuing stolen car

Edward Clavell Jr.

Agency: Seal Beach Police Department

Date: Aug. 23, 1988

How: Intersection collision while trying to catch speeder

Robert Roulston

Agency: Anaheim Police Department

Date: Oct. 16, 1988

How: Crashed his motorcycle while assisting with traffic control

Mark S. Tonkin

Agency: Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Date: Oct. 24, 1988

How: Helicopter crash during border surveillance flight

Tommy De La Rosa

Agency: Fullerton Police Department

Date: June 21, 1990

How: Shot in ambush while working undercover narcotics

Source: Orange County Peace Officer Memorial