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Photograph: Police Officer James Francis Dougherty

Patch image: San Francisco Police Department, California






Police Officer James Francis Dougherty
San Francisco Police Department
California

End of Watch: Tuesday, January 11, 2000

Biographical Info
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: 29 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Tuesday, January 11, 2000
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer James Dougherty and Inspector Kirk Brookbush were killed when their helicopter crashed.

The officers were flying a Bell Jet Ranger OH-58 helicopter on a routine flight from a maintenance facility in Tulare County to San Francisco, when they requested a flight level below 1000 feet because of foggy conditions. After the request was made, at approximately 2100 hours, the aircraft disappeared from radar screens. After an all night search, the wreckage was discovered at 0830 hours the next morning.

Officer Dougherty was an experienced aircraft mechanic before joining the San Francisco Police Department. He had been a member of the San Francisco Police Department for 29 years, and is survived by his three children.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: San Francisco Police Department, CaliforniaInspector Kirk B. Brookbush
San Francisco Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, January 11, 2000
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

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