Deputy Andrew Kriss
End of Watch: May 25, 1864

Deputy Kriss was shot and killed by horse thieves. The suspects were never apprehended.More »

Deputy Will Ward
End of Watch: November 27, 1899

Deputy Ward succumbed to wounds sustained when he was beaten by a prisoner he was transporting to San Quentin on the Steamship Santa Rosa.More »

Deputy Thomas A. Fay
End of Watch: May 17, 1919

Deputy Fay was shot and killed while arresting a neighbor who had been arguing with his wife. The man went in to retrieve his hat and came out with a gun.More »

Deputy Donn G. Witt
End of Watch: September 25, 1983

Deputy Witt died from Hepatitis he contracted from a prisoner.More »

Deputy Kelly Ann Bazer
End of Watch: January 13, 1986

Deputy Bazer was in the beginning of her training at the academy when shot and killed during a robbery attempt on her way home.More »

Deputy Lonny Gene Brewer
End of Watch: December 5, 1987

Deputy Brewer was shot and killed by a suspect who was barricaded in his home after firing shots into his neighborhood. Deputy Brewer, who was a member of the SWAT team, was shot in the arm in-between the panels of his vest with an AK-47. The suspect was later shot and killed by SWAT team members.More »

Deputy Theodore L. Beckmann Jr.
End of Watch: February 8, 1989

Deputy Beckmann was killed after his patrol car was struck during an accident.More »

Deputy Patrick Steven Coyle
End of Watch: February 16, 1997

Deputy Coyle lost his life in the crash of a Sheriff's helicopter.More »

Deputy Ken Collier
End of Watch: February 28, 2010

Deputy Collier lost his life in a collision while attempting to stop an intoxicated wrong-way driver on a local freeway.More »