Phoenix Police Department, Arizona
End of Watch: Monday, December 28, 1970
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: 1 year, 2 months
Badge Number: 1697
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: December 28, 1970
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Dale Stone was killed in a motorcycle accident while responding to an officer down call put out when Officer Albert Bluhm was shot and killed.
Officer Stone collided with another vehicle and was pinned underneath it. Bystanders lifted the vehicle off of him in an attempt to save his life but he died shortly afterward. Officer Stone, a U.S. Marine Corps member, served with the Phoenix Police Department for two years.
He was survived by his wife. Officer Stone's father, a Maricopa County Sheriff, was shot and killed three weeks after this incident.