Sacramento Police Department
Police Officer Tara Christina O'Sullivan
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer William Chandler Bean, Jr.
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Emily Jewett Morgenroth
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, October 17, 1997
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Michael David Gartrell
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Police Officer William Henry Warner
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, June 1, 1981
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Police Officer Rodney Taylor Butts
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, October 15, 1975
Cause: Heart attack
Detective Doyle Allen Popovich
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, August 3, 1974
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Andrew Lee Collins
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1972
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Police Officer Bernard M. Bennett
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1970
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Eugene Edgar McKnight
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1963
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Arnold Z. Gamble
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, February 15, 1963
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Francis Melvin "Jack" Rea
North Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, January 3, 1954
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Frank Fragoso Mello
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1951
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Frank Auener Lungershausen
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, December 27, 1935
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Chief of Police Erskine G. Fish
North Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Special Police Officer Charles H. Wetzel
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, August 29, 1893
Cause: Gunfire
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, December 7, 1878
Cause: Gunfire
Special Police Officer George C. Chapman
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1858
Cause: Gunfire
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 18
- Gunfire 11
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
- Heart attack 1
- Motorcycle crash 2
- Vehicle pursuit 2
- Vehicular assault 1
By Month
- January 1
- February 2
- April 3
- May 1
- June 3
- July 1
- August 3
- October 2
- December 2
By Gender
- Male 16
- Female 2
K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 2
- Fall 1
- Gunfire 1
Predecessor Agencies