San Diego Police Department, California Fallen Officers

Honoring All Fallen Members of the . . .

San Diego Police Department
San Diego, CA

Officer Emery E. Campbell
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, August 27, 1913
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Oliver S. Hopkins
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, July 2, 1915
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Patrolman Walter B. Holcomb
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, October 21, 1918
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Officer Joseph S. Lee
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, March 19, 1921
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Detective Charles R. Harris
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, April 3, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Robert Lee Powers
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1928
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Patrolman Robert B. McPherson
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, September 19, 1929
Cause of Death: Assault

Patrolman Edward J. Moore
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Thomas A. Keays
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1937
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Officer Henry J. Goodrich
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, September 7, 1940
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Robert F. Bowers
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, December 12, 1955
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Sergeant Harry Kay Jr.
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, March 11, 1957
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Michael J. Bushman
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, November 25, 1963
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Sergeant Robert L. Everitt
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, December 7, 1964
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Patrolman James P. Lewis
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, December 29, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Freddie Joel Edwards
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, October 7, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Denis W. Allen
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, April 2, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Archie C. Buggs
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 4, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Michael T. Anaya
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Dennis Glenn Gonzales
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, June 25, 1979
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Patrolman Harry Keith Tiffany
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, June 6, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Ronald R. Ebeltoft
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, June 6, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Kirk Leland Johnson
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, February 20, 1983
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Kimberly Sue Tonahill
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, September 14, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Timothy J. Ruopp
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, September 16, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Agent Thomas E. Riggs
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1985
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Jerry L. Hartless
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, January 31, 1988
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Ronald Wayne Davis
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, September 17, 1991
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Gerald Kieffer Griffin Jr.
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, April 25, 2003
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Police Officer Terry William Bennett
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, June 26, 2003
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 30

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