Officer Down Memorial Page: End of Watch Report June 2016

The month of June 2016 saw eleven line of duty deaths across the country.  Two of those were due to gunfire, two to a heart attack, and seven were auto-related: 1 motorcycle accident, two car accidents, one vehicle pursuit, and three vehicular assaults. Of the eleven fallen officers who gave their lives in the line of duty in June 2016, ten were men and one was a woman.  Eleven agencies lost officers across five different states.

At the halfway point in the year, line of duty deaths stand at 51 and are, gratefully, down 21% as compared to 2015.

The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one in June 2016.  Read their memorials and Remember the Fallen:

Sergeant Derrick Mingo
Winnsboro Police Department, LA

Police Officer Verdell Smith, Sr.
Memphis Police Department, TN

Police Officer Natasha Maria Hunter
New Orleans Police Department, LA

Deportation Officer Brian Beliso
United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Government

 Police Officer Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya
Pearland Police Department, TX

Agent Gilberto Colón-Leon
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR

Police Officer Michael Jason Katherman
San Jose Police Department, CA

Police Officer Zachary Tyler Larnerd
Gainesboro Police Department, TN

Sergeant Stacey Allen Baumgartner
Patton Village Police Department, TX

Deputy Sheriff David Francis Michel, Jr
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, LA

Deputy Sheriff Martin Tase Sturgill II
Humphreys County Sheriff's Department, TN

Officer Down Memorial Page: End of Watch Report May 2016

May 2016 saw the line of duty deaths of seven law enforcement officers in the United States.  Three of those line of duty deaths were the result of felonious gunfire, one LODD was the result of a heart attack, one was due to a motorcycle accident, one was the result of a vehicle pursuit, and one was animal-related.

These seven deaths bring the yearly total to 39, which is a 27% total decrease in comparison to this time last year.  Auto-related deaths are down by 29%, which is an encouraging trend.  Gunfire deaths, however, stand at 19 this year - making up nearly half of the total line of duty deaths so far in 2016 and up 36% over this time last year.

The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one in May 2016.

Please take moment to read the memorial pages of the officers who gave their lives in May 2016.  Remember the Fallen:

Sergeant Jorge Ramos
Florida Department of Corrections, FL

Investigator Anthony "TJ" Freeman
Bibb County Sheriff's Office, GA

Detective Brad D. Lancaster
Kansas City Police Department, KS

Police Officer David Van Glasser
Phoenix Police Department, AZ

Police Officer Sean R. Johnson
Hilliard Division of Police, OH

Police Officer Ronald Tarentino, Jr.
Auburn Police Department, MA

Deputy Sheriff Michael Winter
Branch County Sheriff's Office, MI

Officer Down Memorial Page End of Watch Report: April 2016

In April 2016, two law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in the United States; one line of duty death was the result of gunfire, and the other was the result of an automobile accident.

The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our condolences and sympathy to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one in April 2016.

Please take a moment to read their memorials and Remember the Fallen.

Police Officer Steven Michael Smith
Columbus Division of Police (OH)

Border Patrol Agent Jose Daniel Barraza
United States Border Patrol (U.S. Government)