Beaumont Police Department, Texas
End of Watch Wednesday, March 12, 1980
Danny Dean Richmond
Officer Richmond was killed when a pickup truck hit his motorcycle head-on. Officer Richmond was escorting an oversized truck on Highway 90. The traffic at the intersection they were passing through stopped to let the truck pass when a truck slammed into a stopped pickup truck which intern crashed head-on into Officer Richmond’s motorcycle, killing him.
Officer Richmond had been with the agency for eight years and was survived by his wife and two children.
Bio
- Age 35
- Tour 8 years
- Badge 302
Incident Details
- Cause Motorcycle crash
Most Recent Reflection
View all 15 ReflectionsDanny was a good and honorable police officer, friend, and family man. An outstanding representative of the Thin Blue Line. Gone but never forgotten.
Bruce Thomason, Captain
Beaumont PD - 1967 - 1986
March 12, 2018
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