Bio & Incident Details
Age: 52
Tour: 21 years
Badge # 4854
Cause: Aircraft accident
Incident Date: 12/8/1986
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Butler was killed when he was struck by the main rotor blade of a department helicopter. He was acting as the observer in the helicopter and taking photographs of an accident scene on I-80 near Dixon. The helicopter landed in a field near an irrigation canal and Officer Butler exited the aircraft. As he walked up the berm to the canal he was struck by the rotor.
Officer Butler had been with the agency for 21 years.



