Alamogordo Police Department, New Mexico
End of Watch: Sunday, September 2, 1984
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: September 2, 1984
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Bruce Richard was killed when he was struck by a tractor-trailer at the scene of an accident. Officer Richard, and his EMT partner Officer Norma Sutherland, was standing at the rear of an ambulance that had responded to the other accident when a tractor-trailer jack-knifed and struck both officers. Officer Richard was killed, the Officer Sutherland initially survived her injuries but died later due to complications from the accident.
Officer Richard had been with the agency for two years and was survived by his mother.