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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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# 70 |
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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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# 47 |
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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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# 2325 |
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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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# 2076 |
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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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# 1596 |
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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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# 1409 |
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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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# 1512 |
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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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# 2705 |
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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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# 3702 |
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Officer Jeffrey 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 José. |
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# 3718 |
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Officer Michael Johnson |
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Shot on March 24, 2015 while responding
to a call of a mentally disturbed man
in possession of a firearm. |
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# 3900 |
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Officer Michael Katherman |
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Killed on June 14,
2016, due to an on-duty traffic collision when an errant motorist struck his
police motorcycle.
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