Police Officer Dale C. Stone
Phoenix Police Department
Arizona
End of Watch: Monday, December 28, 1970

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: 1 year, 2 months
Badge Number: 1697

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Date of Incident: Monday, December 28, 1970
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Dale Stone was killed in a motorcycle accident while responding to an officer down call put out when Officer Albert Bluhm was shot and killed.

Officer Stone collided with another vehicle and was pinned underneath it. Bystanders lifted the vehicle off of Officer Stone in an attempt to save him but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officer Stone's father, a Maricopa County Sheriff, was shot and killed three weeks after this incident.

Related Line of Duty Deaths

Police Officer Albert R. Bluhm Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Monday, December 28, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Rex Stone Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Monday, January 18, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire