Officer Joseph Paul Sanders
California Highway Patrol
California
End of Watch: Monday, December 15, 2008
Cause: Struck by vehicle

Biographical Info
Age: 29
Tour of Duty: 1 year, 2 months
Badge Number: 18781

Officer Joseph Sanders was struck and killed by the driver of a vehicle while he was directing traffic at the scene of a previous accident on the Pomona Freeway in Hacienda Heights.

The vehicle that struck him had collided with another car on the rain-slicked highway at approximately 4:20 am. Officer Sanders was flown to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Officer Sanders was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the California Highway Patrol for 14 months. He is survived by his expectant wife and three children. His fourth child was born in June, 2009.