San Luis Obispo Police Department

California Highway Patrol Sacramento, CA

Traffic Officer Charles Marion Alvitre California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 26, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Captain James B. Power Solano County State Traffic Force, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 25, 1925 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Traffic Officer W. R. Valentine San Diego County State Traffic ..., CA EOW: Saturday, May 30, 1925 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Captain John A. Derby California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, September 27, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Traffic Officer Albert S. (Sunny Jim) Margason Santa Clara County State Traffi..., CA EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Traffic Officer Luther W. (Pat) Hogan Kern County State Traffic Force, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Howard Garlinger California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, October 30, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Edgar J. Combs California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, September 9, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Elber D. Warren California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1931 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Burt Reeves California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, September 22, 1931 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer J. W. Shuman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Edwin B. Crook California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, July 8, 1932 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer A. Edward Hinck California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Floyd A. Russell California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1933 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Thomas C. Bisset California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1933 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Stephen S. Kent California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, March 10, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ted Davis California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, March 11, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer John A. Daroux California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, March 12, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Jack E. Marks California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 11, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Oscar D. McMurry California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, March 5, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Francis J. Perry California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Hugh C. Cline California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 26, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer A. Donald Hoover California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, August 31, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer William R. McDaniel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, October 6, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward L. Bond California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Ivan Casselman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, August 24, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Charles H. Nissen California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1935 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Earle M. Ames California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 11, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Richard H. Trembath California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant E. R. Carr California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, January 27, 1938 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Leonard Nelson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, May 18, 1938 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Captain E. L. Shryver California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, July 10, 1938 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Fred J. Kowolowski California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, December 26, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Joseph B. Mathews California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, August 10, 1939 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Officer Ernest R. Nelson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 29, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Samuel G. Cope California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer William F. Malin California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Maurice W. Owen California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, September 22, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer M. Paul Mengedoth California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, February 7, 1941 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Leslie Lauterwasser California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 27, 1941 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Robert C. Heller California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, January 12, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Scott Leatherman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, May 3, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Eliot O. Daley California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, May 17, 1942 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Clinton Benjamin California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, August 10, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Joseph A. Stucker California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Walter C. Maxey California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 2, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Frederick Wales California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, February 7, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer George E. Ellis Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 21, 1943 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Nelson S. Dwelly California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, July 10, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Forrest C. Gerken California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Forest Underwood California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John A. Reed California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, May 18, 1944 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Lewis Gregg California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, November 4, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer David R. Henderson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, December 7, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Raymond H. Berry California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, April 8, 1945 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Norman A. Kessler California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, May 17, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer James B. Dalziel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer James H. Vande Weg California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Harold E. Nichols California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, September 12, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Loren C. Roosevelt California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frank J. Maus California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, July 14, 1946 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Stephen W. Sodel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, September 17, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Richard L. Simpson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, September 25, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer William L. Reardon California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, October 20, 1946 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer John R. Walters California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1947 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Alvin Foss California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer William C. Foote California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, June 23, 1952 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Ralph A. Vargas California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, September 30, 1952 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer John W. Armatoski California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, May 1, 1953 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Frank M. Epperson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, July 2, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer W. M. Chansler California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, August 27, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John C. LaMar California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 10, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer James E. Maroney California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, May 27, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles D. Goss California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, November 25, 1955 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer George A. Woodson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 23, 1955 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Edward A. Frey California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, July 2, 1956 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Raymond A. Geiger California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, August 10, 1956 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Charles T. Smith California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, September 9, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Elza P. Fitzpatrick Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, December 6, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Carl H. Jessing California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1957 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Robert E. Reed California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, October 8, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Camile E. Madere California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, January 24, 1958 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Robert W. Suess California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Raymond Vincent O'Connor California State Police, CA EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Joseph F. Johnston Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, October 12, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Robert B. Heberlie California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, November 22, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Herbert F. Dimon California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, February 7, 1959 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer George E. Kallemeyn California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1959 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Leonard W. Winney California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, November 12, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Richard D. Duvall California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert D. Dale California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer William Pitois California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, November 4, 1960 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Gary L. Grow California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, January 18, 1962 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Jerry E. Turre California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, April 21, 1962 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Dale M. Krings California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, May 21, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ronald E. Davis California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, August 18, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Charles H. Sorenson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, March 15, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Donald E. Brandon California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer John R. Ellis California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, November 5, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Glenn W. Carlson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, November 15, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Merle E. DeWitt California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 24, 1963 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Ralph A. Minion California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, January 6, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant William D. Huckaby California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Kenneth L. Witke California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 14, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Coburn B. Jewell California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James F. Stamback California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, March 23, 1964 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Charles O. Woodworth California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Leonard L. Layton California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, November 8, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Jerrel H. Shows California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Merrel L. Kissinger California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, February 14, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Martin J. Tripptree California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1965 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Michael S. Griffin California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, January 13, 1966 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer William C. Isaacs California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, August 25, 1966 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Frank Arthur Story California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles R. Lilly California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, October 29, 1967 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Merle Lee Andrews California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 20, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Kenneth E. Marshall California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Wesley D. Johnson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Richard G. Woods California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1969 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Robert M. Blomo California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, September 4, 1969 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Ambers O. Shewmaker California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, November 24, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William R. Court California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, February 13, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Raymond R. Carpenter California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 17, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Walter C. Frago California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, April 5, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George M. Alleyn California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, April 5, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Roger D. Gore California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, April 5, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James E. Pence Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, April 5, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Nathan I. Seidenberg California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, October 23, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Loren D. Scruggs California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, April 23, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert Anton Mayer California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, September 2, 1971 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Dana Everett Paladini California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Kenneth Grant Roediger California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Alfred G. Johnson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 27, 1972 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer William D. McKim California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Larry L. Wetterling California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, March 9, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William P. Sniffen California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, April 5, 1973 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Robert Harold Harrison Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, January 11, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant Elias Sanchez Enriquez California State Police, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 23, 1974 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer Gerald N. Harris California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Ralph D. Percival California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, June 3, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Keith M. Giles California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 25, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer David Arthur Jack California State Police, CA EOW: Monday, October 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert A. Phillips California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, January 6, 1975 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Frederick W. Enright California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 27, 1975 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Adolfo M. Hernandez California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 27, 1975 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Alfred Ray Turner California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gary Lee Hughes California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, May 23, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Edward A. Parker III California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, May 2, 1977 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Arthur Edward Dunn California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, July 9, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George W. Redding California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1977 Cause of Death: Accidental Officer William Benno Wolff III California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 30, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer William F. Leiphardt Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Harold E. Horine California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Ward E. Washington California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, July 10, 1978 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer James E. McCabe California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, September 1, 1978 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Gayle W. Wood Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, September 1, 1978 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer William M. Freeman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Roy P. Blecher California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Donald R. Holloway California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, January 4, 1980 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Ernest Ray Felio California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, September 7, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gerald Eldin Dormaier California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, December 25, 1980 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Paul C. Jarske California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 24, 1981 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James J. Schumacher Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, June 13, 1981 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Johnny Ramirez Martinez California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, October 2, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Pilot Officer George R. Carey California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 24, 1982 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Kenneth L. Archer California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 24, 1982 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Dale E. Newby California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, July 17, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer David W. Copelman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, April 6, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Raymond E. Miller California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Dean J. Esquibel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 21, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer George Fitzmaurice Butler California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, December 8, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Michael Allen Brandt California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, April 6, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Terry Wayne Autrey California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, September 30, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Mark Thomas Taylor California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, November 26, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant John C. Helmick California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, February 27, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Hugo Olazar California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, September 2, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer James Christopher O'Connor California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, November 15, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Fidel Aleman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Norbert McVeigh Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant John Lee Steel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, April 23, 1993 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Larry Joe Jaramillo California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, June 22, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Richard Alan Maxwell California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, July 11, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Bruce Thomas Hinman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, October 3, 1995 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Artie J. Hubbard California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 8, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer David Wayne Manning California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1996 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Don Joseph Burt California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, July 13, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Reuben Fred Rios Sr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, October 26, 1996 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Noreen Allison Vargas California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, November 8, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James Douglas Schultz California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, November 15, 1996 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Saul Martinez California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, May 15, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Daniel James Muehlhausen California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, June 1, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Scott Matthew Greenly California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Ricky Bill Stovall California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Traffic Officer Britt Thomas Irvine California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Officer Christopher David Lydon California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 5, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Sean Alexander Nava California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, October 28, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Gary R. Wagers California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, March 15, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Stephen Michael Linen Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 12, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer John Pedro California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, June 3, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Shannon Lee Distel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Robert Joseph Coulter California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, November 2, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Dean Edward Beattie California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Paul Hubertus Pino California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Thomas Joel Steiner California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James M. Goodman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, June 3, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer David Marin Romero California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, September 23, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Andrew Todd (Andy) Stevens California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, November 17, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Erick Shane Manny California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, December 31, 2005 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Earl Harwood Scott California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, February 17, 2006 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Bailey California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, February 25, 2006 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Brent William Clearman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 6, 2006 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Robert Franklin Dickey California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, June 10, 2007 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Douglas Scott Russell California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer John Miller California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, November 16, 2007 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Joseph Sanders California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, December 15, 2008 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle