1999 Honor Roll of Heroes
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 154
Total Deaths by Month
- January 16
- February 10
- March 13
- April 12
- May 17
- June 10
- July 11
- August 11
- September 7
- October 21
- November 11
- December 15
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 2
- Alaska 1
- Arizona 3
- California 7
- Colorado 3
- Connecticut 1
- Florida 7
- Georgia 8
- Hawaii 2
- Illinois 3
- Indiana 5
- Kansas 1
- Kentucky 2
- Louisiana 9
- Maine 1
- Massachusetts 3
- Michigan 3
- Minnesota 3
- Mississippi 2
- Missouri 3
- Nebraska 2
- New Jersey 5
- New Mexico 2
- New York 5
- North Carolina 10
- Oklahoma 3
- Oregon 2
- Pennsylvania 2
- Puerto Rico 3
- South Carolina 4
- Tennessee 10
- Texas 13
- Tribal Police 2
- U.S. Government 14
- Virginia 3
- Washington 4
- West Virginia 1
Total Deaths by Gender
- Male 142
- Female 12
Statistics
- Average age 38
- Average tour of duty 10 years, 2 months
Total K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 8
Pennsylvania State Police, PA
EOW: Sunday, January 3, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
24th & 25th Judicial District Narcotics Task Force, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer James Williams, Jr.
Oakland Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant Rurico E. Rivera-Orengo
Ponce Municipal Police Department, PR
EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1999
Cause: Fall
Sergeant Felix M. Rivera-Collazo
Ponce Municipal Police Department, PR
EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1999
Cause: Fall
Senior Trooper Douglas Wayne Bland
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Villa Rica Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, January 20, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Patrol Agent Rene B. Garza
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, January 20, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
East Hartford Police Department, CT
EOW: Saturday, January 23, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Investigator Melvin Royce Journey
Washington State Liquor Control Board, WA
EOW: Saturday, January 23, 1999
Cause: Duty related illness
Deputy Sheriff Leonard Burton Turner
Goliad County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, January 24, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Allen Parish Sheriff's Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Special Agent Richard Ivan Luht, Jr.
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, US
EOW: Sunday, January 31, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman Brian Keith Anderson
Grove Hill Police Department, AL
EOW: Sunday, January 31, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Grove Hill Police Department, AL
EOW: Sunday, January 31, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
New York City Health and Hospitals Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, February 1, 1999
Cause: Assault
Police Officer Richard Daniel Scalf
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Friday, February 5, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer William Chandler Bean, Jr.
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Timothy Lawrence Hecht
Porter County Sheriff's Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Matthew Anthony Dziergowski
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, February 14, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Lieutenant Steve Keith McCulley
Knox County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Tuesday, February 16, 1999
Cause: Struck by train
Shelbyville Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, February 17, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Patrolman Steven Michael Jerman
Kane Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, February 20, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Gallaway Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, February 26, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Mark William Brown
King County Sheriff's Office, WA
EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1999
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Master Deputy Steven Wesley Roberts
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1999
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Trooper Richard Terrell Gaston
Indiana State Police, IN
EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Master Police Officer John William Knapp, Jr.
Boone Police Department, NC
EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Nebraska State Patrol, NE
EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1999
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Deputy Sheriff Kelly Fay Clark
Sierra County Sheriff's Department, NM
EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsauken Township Police Department, NJ
EOW: Sunday, March 7, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer James Henry Camp
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Prentiss County Sheriff's Office, MS
EOW: Thursday, March 11, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Douglas Eugene Claassen
Hayfield Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, March 13, 1999
Cause: Assault
Lieutenant Tonya Doreen Gillikin
Enfield Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, March 15, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Marc Todd Atkinson
Phoenix Police Department, AZ
EOW: Friday, March 26, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Agent Stephen Michael Sullivan
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Russell Travis "Rusty" Stalnaker
Atlanta Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Winsonfred A. Filfred
Navajo Division of Public Safety, TR
EOW: Friday, April 2, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Special Agent Abdon O. Cabello
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of Inspector General, US
EOW: Monday, April 5, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Orange Police Department, NJ
EOW: Thursday, April 8, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Lieutenant Clyde Wilson Alley, III
Tybee Island Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, April 12, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Deputy Sheriff Glenda Joyce Carmack
Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Monday, April 12, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: Monday, April 12, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Detective William Henry Weatherly, V
Warren County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Thursday, April 15, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Chandler Police Department, AZ
EOW: Friday, April 16, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Federal Agent Allan Lee Warner
United States Department of Energy - National Nuclear Security Administration - Office of Secure Transportation, US
EOW: Monday, April 19, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Officer John Michael Richardson
Nashville International Airport Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman John P. Gibbons, III
Woburn Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, May 4, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Kay County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Thursday, May 6, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Staff Sergeant James Riley Day
United States Air Force Security Forces, US
EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1999
Cause: Accidental
Military Police Officer Tekoa Lurray Brown
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Monday, May 10, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer James Arland Rowland, Jr.
Palmer Police Department, AK
EOW: Saturday, May 15, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO
EOW: Monday, May 17, 1999
Cause: Aircraft accident
Police Officer Troy Alan Blando
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Ronald Mark King
Douglas County Sheriff's Office, CO
EOW: Friday, May 21, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Perrin Richard "Rick" Love, II
Charleston Police Department, SC
EOW: Friday, May 21, 1999
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Kinston Police Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, May 22, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Goodlettsville Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, May 22, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Monday, May 24, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Craig William Rath
Chesterfield County Police Department, VA
EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Reserve Deputy Tracy Lee Miles
Johnson County Sheriff's Office, IN
EOW: Friday, May 28, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff James Michael Phillips
Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Sunday, May 30, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Tiffany Catherine Hickey
Cockrell Hill Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 30, 1999
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Corrections Officer III Francisco F. Garza
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, May 31, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Robert Young Clement
Spencer Police Department, NC
EOW: Thursday, June 3, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Troy Anthony Ratcliff
Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Saturday, June 5, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Ronald M. Medeiros, Sr.
Killian Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, June 5, 1999
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Conservation Officer Grant Scott Coyour
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, MN
EOW: Friday, June 11, 1999
Cause: Aircraft accident
Special Agent Scott Evan Deaton
United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service, US
EOW: Friday, June 11, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Bradley Jay Riches
Orange County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Lake County Sheriff's Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Conservation Officer Bernard Dean Ratliff
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, KY
EOW: Monday, June 21, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Reserve Officer Johnnie Mae Clanton
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Joey Tremayne Vincent
Greenville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, June 27, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Don Carlton Johnson, Jr.
Bay County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1999
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Probation Officer David Shawn Cortner
North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Community Corrections, NC
EOW: Monday, July 12, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Brian Michael DiBucci
Everett Police Department, WA
EOW: Thursday, July 15, 1999
Cause: Fall
Patrolman John Richard Brummitt
Brookfield Police Department, MO
EOW: Friday, July 16, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Motor Officer Daniel Charles Kelley
Maywood Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1999
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Special Deputy Vernie Melford Roberts
Delaware County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Monday, July 19, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Coos County Sheriff's Office, OR
EOW: Tuesday, July 20, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Stephen Gerard Gilner
Cobb County Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, July 24, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Cobb County Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, July 24, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Steven Michael Agner
Madison County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Monday, July 26, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Robert Bishop Pollock
Adams County Sheriff's Office, CO
EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 1999
Cause: Training accident
Corrections Officer Frank Mydlarz
New York State Department of Correctional Services, NY
EOW: Sunday, August 1, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Larry Clark Jacobs
Mexia Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, August 3, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Lieutenant Jeffery Lee Springer
Waxahachie Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 7, 1999
Cause: Duty related illness
Deputy Sheriff Dana Denise Shaw
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer II Gene Valgene Williams
Maui County Police Department, HI
EOW: Monday, August 9, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Kevin Robert Greener
Fort Lee Police Department, NJ
EOW: Monday, August 9, 1999
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Deputy Sheriff Marcus Lyman Whitfield
Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: Friday, August 13, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Corporal Rocky Daren Wainwright
Georgia Department of Natural Resources, GA
EOW: Thursday, August 19, 1999
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Sergeant First Class Jeanne M. Balcombe
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Saturday, August 21, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Brick Township Police Department, NJ
EOW: Monday, August 30, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Corrections Officer Ralph Lee Garcia
Guadalupe County Sheriff's Department, NM
EOW: Tuesday, August 31, 1999
Cause: Stabbed
Special Agent Paul A. Leveille
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, US
EOW: Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Cause: Aircraft accident
Police Officer Jason Brent Meyer
Grand Meadow Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, September 6, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Gresham Police Department, OR
EOW: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Leslie Dean Keely
Flint Police Department, MI
EOW: Friday, September 24, 1999
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Trooper David Warner "Rocky" Eales
Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK
EOW: Friday, September 24, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Jasper Police Department, FL
EOW: Saturday, September 25, 1999
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Fulton County Schools Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Larry Sherwood Kolb
Kendall County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Saturday, October 2, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, October 3, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Sergeant Robert Gene Kimberling
Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO
EOW: Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Eric Andrew Thach
Riverside County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Friday, October 8, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Bent County Sheriff's Office, CO
EOW: Saturday, October 9, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Deputy Sheriff Mark Louis Stephenson
Atascosa County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Orville Monse, Jr.
Atascosa County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Parole Officer Sharyn Debose-Dover
New York State Division of Parole, NY
EOW: Wednesday, October 13, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Richard Allen Hillard
Rowan County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Sunday, October 17, 1999
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Detention Enforcement Officer Tommy Kwok Chin
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Detention and Deportation, US
EOW: Sunday, October 17, 1999
Cause: Duty related illness
Chief of Police Lloyd Michael Jones
Red Bud Police Department, IL
EOW: Monday, October 18, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Chief of Police Michael Charles Kahl, Sr.
Gramercy Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, October 18, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, October 21, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Washington Township Police Department, NJ
EOW: Thursday, October 21, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Brian Stuart Mills
Lexington County Sheriff's Department, SC
EOW: Saturday, October 23, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Desmond J. Casey
San Jose Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, October 25, 1999
Cause: Aircraft accident
Police Officer Joseph Howard "Butch" Tomlinson, Jr.
Murfreesboro Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, October 28, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Winchester Police Department, VA
EOW: Saturday, October 30, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Goelet Alessandro Carlo Beuf
Phoenix Police Department, AZ
EOW: Monday, November 1, 1999
Cause: Assault
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Friday, November 5, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Trooper Frederick Anthony Hardy
Michigan State Police, MI
EOW: Saturday, November 6, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Border Patrol Agent John Charles Gigax
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, November 7, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer III Cerilo Aganon Agarano, Jr.
Maui County Police Department, HI
EOW: Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Correctional Officer Shannon Cuddington Smith
North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, NC
EOW: Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Saturday, November 13, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff James R. Kenney
Clay County Sheriff's Office, KS
EOW: Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
School Safety Agent Orville M. Williams
New York City Police Department - Division of School Safety, NY
EOW: Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
Technical Sergeant Charles Wesley Simons, III
United States Air Force Security Forces, US
EOW: Friday, November 19, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Gregory Allan Holloway
Gordon Police Department, NE
EOW: Sunday, November 28, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Patrolman John Harold Robinson, Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Roberto Luis Calderon
Miami-Dade Police Department, FL
EOW: Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department, TR
EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Christopher Argentinis
Wareham Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Park Ranger Steve Renard Makuakane-Jarrell
United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, US
EOW: Sunday, December 12, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Trooper II Daniel Lee Williams
Virginia State Police, VA
EOW: Sunday, December 12, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer II Wilmot A. Burnett
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 16, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer Daniel James Nagle
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, December 17, 1999
Cause: Stabbed
Police Officer John Anthony DiNapoli
Holyoke Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Michael Christopher Doane
Broward County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Friday, December 24, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Allen Thomas Sharra
Kings County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Monday, December 27, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol, MS
EOW: Monday, December 27, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Captain David C. Knapps
Louisiana Department of Corrections, LA
EOW: Tuesday, December 28, 1999
Cause: Assault
Deputy Sheriff Charles Richard Baker, Sr.
Somerset County Sheriff's Office, ME
EOW: Tuesday, December 28, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Cameron Parish Sheriff's Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, December 30, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Arizona Department of Public Safety, AZ
EOW: Thursday, August 12, 1999
Cause: Struck by vehicle
