Officer Thomas P. McNeff BADGE #1758 EOW: October 2nd, 1983 Age: 36 Pilot McNeff was flying a DPS helicopter in a rainstorm when it crashed in a cotton field near Marana. The DPS aircraft was en route to Catalina to pick up a pregnant woman and fly her to a Tucson...
Officer William H. Murie BADGE #721 EOW: November 19th, 1980 Age: 31 Officer Murie was en route to Phoenix from Flagstaff on Nov. 16 when he stopped just north of Phoenix on Interstate 17 to assist at a crash scene. He was struck by a passing vehicle, crushing his...
Officer John C. Walker BADGE #150 EOW: November 30th, 1979 Age: 46 Officer Walker was shot and killed while working an undercover cocaine case. He was sitting in his car at Tucson International Airport when he was shot. The assailant, Genaro Celaya, 28, of Ajo, was...
Officer Noah Merrill BADGE #695 EOW: December 11th, 1978 Age: 33 During a traffic stop on Interstate 10, eight miles east of Benson, Officer Merrill was struck by a passing tractor-trailer. His career with DPS began in February 1970. He was stationed in the Salt River...
Officer Gregory A. Diley BADGE #1442 EOW: December 2nd, 1977 Age: 28 Officer Diley, 28, was returning to Kingman following a narcotics investigation when he was killed in a one-vehicle crash west of Kingman on Interstate 40. He had been working with the Mohave County...
