Line of Duty Death report for January 2020 showing 12 line of duty deaths nationally, an 8% decrease from last January. |
January 2020 started the year with a total of twelve line of duty deaths across the country. Of those twelve deaths, three were the result of gunfire, seven were auto-related (two vehicular assault, two struck by vehicle, one vehicle pursuit, one auto crash, and one motorcycle crash), one was the result of a heart attack, and one was due to a 9/11-related illness. Of the twelve officers who died in January 2020, four were women.
The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved on to a line of duty death last month and asks that you take the time to read their memorials and remember the fallen.
Investigator Ryan D. Fortini
New York State Police (NY)
Public Safety Officer Jackson Ryan Winkeler
Florence Regional Airport Department of Public Safety (SC)
Police Officer Paul Dunn
Lakeland Police Department (FL)
Police Officer Nicholas Reyna
Lubbock Police Department (TX)
Detective Amber Joy Leist
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (CA)
Deputy Sheriff Jarid Taylor
Bryan County Sheriff's Office (OK)
Officer Tiffany Victoria Billon Enriquez
Honolulu Police Department (HI)
Officer Kaulike Kalama
Honolulu Police Department (HI)
Deputy Sheriff Sheldon Gordon Whiteman
Long County Sheriff's Office (GA)
Police Officer Katherine Mary Thyne
Newport News Police Department (VA)
Major Angelanette Moore
Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail (VA)
Police Officer Alan McCollum
Corpus Christi Police Department (TX)