Deputy Andrew Kriss

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

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

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

Deputy Donn G. Witt

END OF WATCH: September 25, 1983

Deputy Witt died from Hepatitis he contracted from a prisoner.

Deputy Kelly Ann Bazer

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

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.

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

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

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

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