Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Arizona
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Arizona agencies, 2005 to 2026. Source: Officer Down Memorial Page. COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures.
Deaths (excl. COVID and 9/11)
54
14 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
7.6
2020 Census population
National Rank
#29
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
44%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Arizona.
2026 is year to date.
By Cause
Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.
By Agency Type
Which kinds of agency lost officers.
Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths
The most recent officers from Arizona agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Hunter R. Bennett | Trooper | Aircraft accident | Arizona Department of Public Safety |
| 2025 | Gabriel Facio | Police Officer | Gunfire | Apache Junction Police Department |
| 2024 | Zane Tristan Coolidge | Police Officer | Gunfire | Phoenix Police Department |
| 2024 | Ryan So | Detective | Gunfire (Inadvertent) | Scottsdale Police Department |
| 2024 | Adam Buckner | Lead Police Officer | Automobile crash | Tucson Police Department |
| 2022 | Deborah Martinez-Garibay | Constable | Gunfire | Pima County Constable's Office |
| 2022 | Richard Lopez | Sergeant | Gunfire | Yavapai County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Jesus Delaluz "Chuy" Lara, III | Police Officer | COVID19 | Casa Grande Police Department |
| 2021 | Jeremy Martin Wilkins | Police Officer | COVID19 | Chandler Police Department |
| 2021 | Shawn A. Braaten | Captain | COVID19 | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Jason H. Southard | Detective | COVID19 | Tucson Police Department |
| 2021 | Chad Owen Brackman | Lieutenant | Struck by vehicle | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Arizona agencies whose end of watch fell in 2005through 2026, K9 records excluded. Per-million uses 2020 Census population.
COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures because ODMP counts both as line of duty and each is a one-time-event tail. COVID dominated 2020 and 2021. The 9/11 cancers concentrate in New York for a 2001 event. Toggle either back on in the charts. Other illness such as heart attacks stays in.