Officer Stephen S. Kent
California Highway Patrol
California

End of Watch: Friday, March 10, 1933
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Officer Kent was shot and killed after pulling over a man wanted for bank robbery and kidnapping in three states. As he approached the vehicle the man shot him. The suspect was arrested and executed for the murder in 1936.

 
Photograph: Officer Stephen S. Kent

Patch image: California Highway Patrol, California

Visit Officer Kent's memorial at www.ODMP.org