Deputy Andrew Kriss
END OF WATCH: May 25, 1864
Deputy Kriss was shot and killed by horse thieves. The suspects were never apprehended.
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.
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.
Deputy Donn G. Witt
END OF WATCH: September 25, 1983
Deputy Witt died from Hepatitis he contracted from a prisoner.
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.
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, a member of the SWAT team, was shot in the arm in between the panels of his vest with an AK-47.
Deputy Theodore L. Beckmann Jr.
END OF WATCH: February 8, 1989
Deputy Beckmann was killed after his patrol car was struck during an accident.
Deputy Patrick Steven Coyle
END OF WATCH: February 16, 1997
Deputy Coyle succumbed to injuries he sustained from an ASTREA helicopter crash.
Deputy Ken Collier
END OF WATCH: February 28, 2010
Deputy Collier was critically injured in a rollover while pursuing a wrong-way drunk driver.
Deputy Matthew S. Gibbs
END OF WATCH: August 21 2021
Deputy Gibbs died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Superior Court North County Division