Officer William M. Freeman
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Roy P. Blecher
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Richard Thomas Steed
San Clemente Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, November 29, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Archie Calvin Buggs
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 4, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer James E. McCabe
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Friday, September 1, 1978
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Officer Gayle W. Wood, Jr.
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Friday, September 1, 1978
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Sergeant Darlon Clint Dowell
Ventura Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, August 7, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Nicholas Paul Cecchetti
Stockton Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, August 3, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Jesse Joe "Bo" Hittson
Yreka Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, July 17, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff James E. Machado
Placer County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Thursday, July 13, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Ward E. Washington
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Monday, July 10, 1978
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Officer William F. Leiphardt, Jr.
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1978
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Officer Harold E. Horine
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1978
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Deputy Sheriff Walter William Hannan, Jr.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, May 3, 1978
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Pohlman
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, April 18, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Arthur E. Pelino
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, March 19, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Charles Christopher Plumleigh
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, March 1, 1978
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Gregory L. Low
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1978
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Police Officer Wesley S. Fox
Carlsbad Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, February 13, 1978
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Officer Robert E. Hooper
San Francisco Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Jay Warren Jackson
West Covina Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire