Officer Thomas Joel Steiner
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Stephan Gene Gray
Merced Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Isaac Anthony Espinoza
San Francisco Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, April 10, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Ricardo Lizarraga
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, February 20, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Steven Phillips
Westminster Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, January 29, 2004
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Officer Paul Hubertus Pino
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
K9 Nero
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Saturday, December 27, 2003
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent James Paul Epling
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Cause of Death: Drowned
Location: California
Officer Dean Edward Beattie
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Matthew Michael Pavelka
Burbank Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Robert Joseph Coulter
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Sunday, November 2, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Police Officer Robert D. Melton
Gardena Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 1, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Corporal Tyler Matthew Pinchot
Buena Park Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, September 21, 2003
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Officer Shannon Lee Distel
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
K9 Marko
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, August 24, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Deputy Sheriff Stephen Douglas Sorensen
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, August 2, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Inspector Brian Dominique Olcomendy
San Francisco Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, July 26, 2003
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Police Officer Terry William Bennett
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, June 26, 2003
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Detective I Abiel "Abe" Barron
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Police Officer John Frederick Lee Small
Inglewood Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Tony Willi Zeppetella
Oceanside Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, June 13, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Lieutenant Ronald Weldon Weber, Sr.
Westminster Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, June 6, 2003
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Deputy Sheriff Joshua Clyde Lancaster
Fresno County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Thursday, May 29, 2003
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Reserve Police Officer Michael Timothy Short
San Fernando Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Cause of Death: Heart attack