Phoenix Police Department Arizona End of Watch: Monday, December 28, 1970 Cause: Motorcycle accident
Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: 1 year, 2 months Badge Number: 1697 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. |