Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
California
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving California 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)
219
44 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
5.5
2020 Census population
National Rank
#42
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
41%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in California.
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 California agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Randy Hoppert | Detective | Gunfire | Tulare County Sheriff's Office |
| 2025 | Alec Sanders | Police Officer | Vehicle pursuit | Alhambra Police Department |
| 2025 | Andrew Nuñez | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department |
| 2025 | Lauren Craven | Police Officer | Vehicular assault | La Mesa Police Department |
| 2025 | Joshua Kelley-Eklund | Detective | Explosion | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
| 2025 | Victor Lemus | Detective | Explosion | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
| 2025 | William Osborn | Detective | Explosion | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department |
| 2025 | Joshua Lemont Byrd | Parole Agent | Gunfire | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| 2025 | Shiou Deng | Sergeant | Struck by vehicle | Los Angeles Police Department |
| 2025 | Samuel Riveros | Police Officer | Gunfire | Baldwin Park Police Department |
| 2025 | Osmar Rodarte | Police Officer | Gunfire | Marysville Police Department |
| 2025 | Hector Cuevas, Jr. | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving California 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.