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IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN OFFICERS
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Sergeant Morris Van Dyck Hubbard
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| Killed on July 12, 1924, by a hostage-taking gunman in a close range shoot-out. |
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Officer John Buck
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Died on April 5, 1933, from gunshot
wounds suffered five weeks earlier while attempting to apprehend armed robbery suspects in a car. |
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Officer John J. Covalesk
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Killed November 15, 1950. Shot by an
armed burglar who Covalesk found burglarizing a business. |
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Officer Richard E. Huerta
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| Killed on August 6, 1970, by gunshots from a pedestrian intent on randomly killing any officer he encountered that evening. |
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Officer Robert A. White
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| Killed on January 27, 1985, by electrocution while investigating an accident in which a motorist struck a high voltage transformer. |
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Officer Henry Bunch
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| Killed on July 29, 1985, by an intoxicated arrestee who wrestled the officer's weapon away and shot him. |
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Officer Robert Wirht
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Killed on September 8, 1988, while on a
police motorcycle pursuing a speeding motorist, and then being struck by another errant motorist in traffic. |
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Officer Gene R. Simpson
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| Killed on January 20, 1989, by a mentally ill pedestrian who wrestled and obtained the officer's handgun and shot him. |
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Officer Gordon A. Silva
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Killed on January 20, 1989, by gunfire in
the same firefight with the mentally ill pedestrian who had just mortally assaulted Officer Simpson. |
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Officer Desmond J. Casey
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Killed on October 25, 1999, in an
aircraft collision while piloting the Department's police helicopter. |
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Officer Jeffery Fontana
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Shot on October 28, 2001, while initiating
a car stop during the early morning hours in the Almaden Valley area of San Jose. |
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