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Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, California

Kern County Sheriff's Department
Bakersfield, CA

Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAConstable William Stewart Mettler
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, November 6, 1873
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAConstable John L. Powers
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Friday, July 3, 1891
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputized Civilian Oliver McCoy
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Friday, July 3, 1891
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff William E. Tibbet
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1903
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Wasco Police Department, CAConstable Joseph E. English
Wasco Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, August 15, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAChief Deputy Sheriff Howard Hamilton Knott
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, October 6, 1945
Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CASergeant Clayton Hall Yearick
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, November 15, 1949
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CACaptain Roland Barbeau
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, February 26, 1953
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Wasco Police Department, CASergeant Wilburn D. Shinault
Wasco Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, May 1, 1961
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Wasco Police Department, CAPolice Officer George R. Toews
Wasco Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, May 1, 1961
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Wayne Herman Trudell
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Monday, June 4, 1962
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAReserve Deputy Sheriff Robert Paul Grabner
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Samuel Harold Moore
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Fredrick C. Scheberies
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, January 11, 1964
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Richard O. Slates
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1966
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CASergeant Donald Durr Hodges
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Monday, April 14, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Terry Lee Greer
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, August 7, 1973
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAReserve Deputy Sheriff Charles J. Banning
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, October 23, 1974
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Michael Ronald Wilson
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, October 11, 1981
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAReserve Deputy Sheriff Ray Mallory
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1983
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAPilot Lansing Lloyd Warren
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1983
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Michael Jay Bentley
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, October 19, 1983
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Ray Delton Bockman
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CASergeant Marvin Ray Kline
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CAPilot Douglas Robert Moonen
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Richard Robert McHale
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Friday, March 3, 1989
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy James Lee Williams
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, October 19, 1991
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff Daniel Lee Archuleta
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, September 12, 2004
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff William Joseph (Joe) Hudnall Jr.
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Kern County Sheriff's Department, CADeputy Sheriff James Edward Throne
Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Friday, May 23, 2008
Cause of Death: Automobile accident


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 30

Aircraft accident: 6
Automobile accident: 8
Drowned: 2
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 7
Heart attack: 1
Vehicular assault: 3
Weather/Natural disaster: 1

The Kern County Sheriff's Department is comprised of the following independent agencies and/or components (Note: Some of the agencies and/or components no longer exist):

Wasco Police Department

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