| Police Officer Patrick O. Briggs
Phoenix Police Department
Arizona
End of Watch: Wednesday, June 20, 1990 Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: 4317 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Date of Incident: Wednesday, June 20, 1990
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Officer Briggs was killed while in pursuit of a speeding motorist. Officer Briggs swerved to avoid a motorist and struck a concrete median and tree. He had recently been chosen to be a Recruit Training Officer for the Phoenix Police Training Academy.
The spot where Officer Briggs was killed is the exact same spot where Officer Wayne Scott was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 10, 2002, under identical circumstances.
Officer Briggs had been with the agency for seven years and is survived by his parents and two siblings. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
