1998 Honor Roll of Heroes
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 180
Total Deaths by Month
- January 21
- February 13
- March 12
- April 12
- May 19
- June 18
- July 16
- August 11
- September 16
- October 14
- November 13
- December 15
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 3
- Alaska 2
- American Samoa 1
- Arizona 2
- Arkansas 8
- California 18
- Colorado 1
- Connecticut 1
- Delaware 1
- District of Columbia 1
- Florida 13
- Georgia 5
- Idaho 1
- Illinois 1
- Indiana 6
- Iowa 1
- Kansas 2
- Kentucky 3
- Louisiana 5
- Maryland 3
- Massachusetts 2
- Michigan 2
- Mississippi 4
- Missouri 3
- Nevada 3
- New Jersey 2
- New York 6
- North Carolina 4
- Ohio 3
- Oklahoma 3
- Oregon 1
- Pennsylvania 2
- Puerto Rico 8
- South Carolina 4
- South Dakota 1
- Tennessee 1
- Texas 13
- Tribal Police 3
- U.S. Government 20
- Utah 1
- Virgin Islands 1
- Virginia 6
- Washington 2
- West Virginia 1
- Wisconsin 5
- Wyoming 1
Total Deaths by Gender
- Male 165
- Female 15
Statistics
- Average age 39
- Average tour of duty 10 years, 6 months
Total K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 7
Patrol Officer John Kevin Lamm
Fairbanks Police Department, AK
EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer II Steven Gerald Gajda
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Douglas Edward Knutson
Arizona Department of Public Safety, AZ
EOW: Friday, January 2, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Officer Michael Anthony Partin
Covington Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, January 4, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Madison County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Monday, January 5, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Criminal Investigator Manuel Zurita, VII
United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service - Office of Investigations, US
EOW: Tuesday, January 6, 1998
Cause: Boating accident
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Technical Sergeant Robert Bruce Butler
United States Air Force Security Forces, US
EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Edward K. Ahrens
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Laurens County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Monday, January 12, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John Paul Kalaman
Centerville Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, January 12, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Sergeant George Daniel Sullivan
University of Nevada Reno Police Department, NV
EOW: Tuesday, January 13, 1998
Cause: Assault
Police Officer Thomas Richard Meyers
Kansas City Police Department, MO
EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Gary Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Trooper II Jessica Jean Cheney
Virginia State Police, VA
EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Detective Sean Gerald Carrington
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, January 19, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Robert "Sande" Sanderson
Birmingham Police Department, AL
EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1998
Cause: Bomb
Special Agent John Gilberto Orellana
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Investigations, US
EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Petaluma Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Officer William Herman Edwards, III
Henrico County Police Department, VA
EOW: Monday, February 2, 1998
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer William Henry Burtt
Norfolk Police Department, VA
EOW: Tuesday, February 3, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Sheridan Police Department, AR
EOW: Sunday, February 8, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Sergeant Otis Vernon Love, Jr.
Sheridan Police Department, AR
EOW: Sunday, February 8, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC
EOW: Sunday, February 8, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Roberto Román-Torres
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, February 13, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Rebecca Ann Shaw
Harris County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Friday, February 13, 1998
Cause: Struck by train
Deputy Marshal III Randy Arnaldo Stephens
Virgin Islands Office of the Superior Court Marshal, VI
EOW: Monday, February 16, 1998
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Abatement Officer Edward Arnold Basham
San Antonio Code Enforcement Services, TX
EOW: Tuesday, February 17, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 24, 1998
Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
Traffic Officer Britt Thomas Irvine
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 24, 1998
Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
Police Officer Robert J. McLellan
Buffalo Police Department, NY
EOW: Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Detention Officer Casey Ryan Harmon
Lee County Sheriff's Department, MS
EOW: Monday, March 2, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Christopher Todd Horner
Haines City Police Department, FL
EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Parole Agent Russell Clarence Anderson
South Dakota Department of Corrections, SD
EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Special Agent Gary Paul Friedli
United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service - Office of Investigations, US
EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Sergeant Claude Wayne "Sandwich" Standridge
Dallas Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Harbor Patrol Officer Paul D. Korber
Ventura Port District Harbor Patrol, CA
EOW: Sunday, March 15, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Bald Knob Police Department, AR
EOW: Thursday, March 19, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Detention Officer Bobbie Sue Hoenie
Dawson County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Friday, March 20, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer II Russell Lee Peterson, Jr.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, NV
EOW: Tuesday, March 24, 1998
Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
Trooper Raymond Gerald Armstead, Jr.
Maryland State Police, MD
EOW: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrol Officer Michael W. Marshall
Omak Police Department, WA
EOW: Thursday, March 26, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Trooper James Patrick Bartram
Indiana State Police, IN
EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Chief of Police Harvey A. Gregg, Jr.
Georgetown Police Department, DE
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Richard Allan Weinke
Sauk County Sheriff's Department, WI
EOW: Sunday, April 5, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Michael Steven Delgado
Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department, TR
EOW: Thursday, April 9, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Chief of Police James Leonard Speer
Calipatria Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, April 10, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Raymond Scott Harvick
Mart Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Investigator Brandon Heath Thacker
Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, KY
EOW: Thursday, April 16, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
First Sergeant Karl Eugene Kelley
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, IN
EOW: Friday, April 17, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Wade Holland
Benton County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1998
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Millbrae Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Allen William Gibson, Jr.
Waverly Police Department, VA
EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant Morris Cavaliere, Jr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1998
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Ocean Shores Police Department, WA
EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Deputy Sheriff Michael John Alexander
Monroe County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Sunday, May 3, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Detective James Franklin Northcutt
Long Beach Police Department, MS
EOW: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Long Beach Police Department, MS
EOW: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Captain Charles Douglas Conley
Scioto County Sheriff's Office, OH
EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Traverse City Police Department, MI
EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Craig Lamont Brooks
King George County Sheriff's Office, VA
EOW: Friday, May 15, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Sergeant Daniel David Edenfield
Allen County Sheriff's Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Trooper James Bradford-Jean Crooks
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Florence County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Sheriff's Sergeant Roosevelt Walker, Jr.
Escambia County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Friday, May 22, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Edward Ronald Callahan
Douglas County Sheriff's Office, NV
EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Sergeant Joseph I. Cordes, III
Swampscott Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, May 25, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Anthony F. Mosomillo
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Tuesday, May 26, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Grady Terrill Braddock
Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Sergeant Robert Michael Hankins
Lamb County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, May 28, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Alexander Sanderlieb Kirpnick
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
American Samoa Department of Public Safety, AS
EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Officer Christopher David Lydon
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Friday, June 5, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Esther Todacheene
Navajo Division of Public Safety, TR
EOW: Monday, June 8, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Kansas City Police Department, KS
EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Eagle Lake Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, June 18, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Park Ranger Joseph David Kolodski
United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, US
EOW: Sunday, June 21, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations, US
EOW: Wednesday, June 24, 1998
Cause: Aircraft accident
Assistant Chief Bobby L. Froreich
Berwick Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer I Joseph Anthony Ribeiro, Sr.
Massachusetts Department of Correction, MA
EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Patrolman First Class Gilbert Franklin Halma
Cheraw Police Department, SC
EOW: Friday, June 26, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Moody Police Department, AL
EOW: Saturday, June 27, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Corrections Officer William Calvin Johnson
New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety - Juvenile Justice Commission, NJ
EOW: Sunday, June 28, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Gregory Allen Stubbs
Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, KS
EOW: Monday, June 29, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Captain Johnnie Richard Wyssbrod, Jr.
Helena Police Department, AR
EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Santa Ana Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Cause: Duty related illness
Louisiana State Police, LA
EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Detective Robert James Clark, II
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy James Henry Roberts, III
Russell County Sheriff's Department, AL
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Border Patrol Agent Susan Lynn Rodriguez
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Guillermo Salinas
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Eugene Andrew Gregory
Seminole County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Wednesday, July 8, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Michael Stanley Villiard
Sawyer County Sheriff's Office, WI
EOW: Thursday, July 9, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Claire Nicole Carolyn Connelly
Riverside Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Master Trooper David Anthony Deuter
Indiana State Police, IN
EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Officer Thomas Franklin Hamlette, Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1998
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Deputy Sheriff William Jerold Zak
Bell County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Trooper William Joseph Starling
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, July 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Capitol Police, US
EOW: Friday, July 24, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
United States Capitol Police, US
EOW: Friday, July 24, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Juab County Sheriff's Department, UT
EOW: Sunday, July 26, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Upper Chichester Township Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1998
Cause: Assault
Police Officer Gerard Louis Carter
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, July 31, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Corrections Officer Bill C. Himstedt
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, August 7, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer II Filberto Henry Cuesta, Jr.
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, August 9, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Deputy Lisa Dianne Whitney
Ventura County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Chief of Police Richard Leon Duncan
Decatur Police Department, AR
EOW: Thursday, August 13, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Correctional Officer James Stephen Hopkins, II
St. Louis County Department of Justice Services, MO
EOW: Thursday, August 20, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Narcotics Agent Marc Lee Whatley
Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Narcotics, MS
EOW: Thursday, August 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Michael Anthony Ceriale
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Friday, August 21, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Monday, August 24, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant Ramón Manuel Ramirez-Castro
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Monday, August 24, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Chloe Francis "Frankie" Stanton
Bradshaw Police Department, WV
EOW: Friday, August 28, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Jonathan Crawley
Chesterfield County Sheriff's Department, SC
EOW: Monday, August 31, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Corporal John Mack Scarberough
Arkansas State Police, AR
EOW: Wednesday, September 2, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Kevin John Fischer
Daytona Beach Police Department, FL
EOW: Friday, September 4, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Allen Lawrence Heirtzler
East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Department, LA
EOW: Friday, September 4, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, US
EOW: Saturday, September 5, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff John Mark Schmitt
Washington County Sheriff's Office, WI
EOW: Monday, September 7, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer I Ricardo J. Torres
DeKalb County Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, September 13, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Alaska State Troopers - Fish and Wildlife Protection, AK
EOW: Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, September 18, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Aviation Supervisor Pedro Jose Rodriguez-Franco
United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, US
EOW: Friday, September 18, 1998
Cause: Aircraft accident
Police Officer Ronnie Ray Lerma
Garland Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, September 21, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Lee Wimberly, Sr.
Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Tuesday, September 22, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Manitowoc Police Department, WI
EOW: Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Detention Officer Bobby Eugene Pace
Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 24, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Sergeant Pablo Alvarez-Carrión
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, September 25, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Tuesday, September 29, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Constable Micheal Ray Eakin, III
Harris County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 29, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Rueben Isaac Jones
Miami-Dade Police Department, FL
EOW: Monday, October 5, 1998
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Officer Michael Harley Boynton
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Friday, October 9, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Wyoming Highway Patrol, WY
EOW: Tuesday, October 13, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolwoman Regina Woodward Nickles
Harrodsburg Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Thomas Francis "Mongo" McMahon
Richmond Police Department, VA
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Security Policeman David Randy Schroeder, Jr.
United States Air Force Security Forces, US
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Security Policeman Charles V. Campbell, Jr.
United States Air Force Security Forces, US
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Rogers County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Saturday, October 17, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Border Patrol Agent Thomas J. Williams
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, October 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Jesus A. de la Ossa
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, October 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, October 23, 1998
Cause: Aircraft accident
Deputy Sheriff Milton Sean Theriot
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Sunday, October 25, 1998
Cause: Drowned
Lead Correctional Officer David Michael Anthony
North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, NC
EOW: Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Cause: Accidental
Police Officer Harold Jerome Carey
Baltimore City Police Department, MD
EOW: Friday, October 30, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Flight Officer Barry Winston Wood
Baltimore City Police Department, MD
EOW: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Cause: Aircraft accident
Deputy Sheriff Carroll Edward Halligan
Muscatine County Sheriff's Department, IA
EOW: Monday, November 9, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Robert Joseph Montgomery
Orlando Police Department, FL
EOW: Tuesday, November 10, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
St. Joseph Police Department, MO
EOW: Tuesday, November 10, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Constable Doris Lorene Trojanowski
Pennsylvania State Constable - Clearfield County, PA
EOW: Thursday, November 12, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrol Officer Peter Arthur Larsen
Beloit Police Department, WI
EOW: Sunday, November 15, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Conservation Officer James V. Spignesi, Jr.
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, CT
EOW: Friday, November 20, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
United States Department of Defense - Selfridge Air National Guard Base Police, US
EOW: Friday, November 20, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, November 20, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Neal McCormick
Robeson County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Saturday, November 21, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Timothy Patrick Huckaby
Tennessee Valley Authority Police, US
EOW: Tuesday, November 24, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer III Brian Ernest Fenimore Brown
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, November 29, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Sunday, November 29, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Norman Police Department, OK
EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Corrections Officer Eugene P. Harris
New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety - Juvenile Justice Commission, NJ
EOW: Friday, December 4, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Chief Constable Norman F. Carr, Jr.
Oneonta Town Constable's Office, NY
EOW: Friday, December 4, 1998
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Shawn Phillip Bandy
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Sunday, December 6, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant Milagros Agosto-Peréz
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Monday, December 7, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Sandra Lee Larson
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Arizona Department of Public Safety, AZ
EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
Cause: Vehicular assault
Lodi Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1998
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman Thomas Edward Goodwin
Goshen Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, December 11, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John Paul Monego
Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Saturday, December 12, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John Harold Hollomon
Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Constable Raymond Nieto
Harris County Constable's Office - Precinct 3, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 16, 1998
Cause: Heart attack
Officer Defford Thomas "D.J." Oyebi, Jr.
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma Police, TR
EOW: Sunday, December 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Jarvis Darren Crumley
DeKalb County Police Department, GA
EOW: Tuesday, December 29, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Bryan County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Tuesday, December 29, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash