Officer Brett C. Buckmister BADGE #5548 EOW: March 21st, 2000 Age: 27 At approximately 9:30 a.m. on March 21, 2000, DPS Officer Brett Buckmister (the youngest DPS officer to lose his life in the line of duty) was killed when his patrol car collided with a van on US89...
Officer Floyd J. Fink, Jr. BADGE #940 EOW: February 18th, 2000 Age: 53 Officer Fink had just stopped an eastbound motorist on the Superstition Freeway (U.S. 60) near McClintock Drive, Tempe, when his patrol car was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Robert...
Officer Juan N. Cruz BADGE #3111 EOW: December 9th, 1998 Age: 48 Officer Cruz, along with two other DPS officers, were blocking the high-speed (left) traffic lane of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, with their patrol vehicles, while investigating a prior collision. A...
Motor Officer Doug E. Knutson BADGE #3818 EOW: January 2nd, 1998 Age: 43 While standing and waiting for a tow truck to remove an abandoned vehicle at the gore point of Scottsdale Road and westbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway), Motorcycle Officer Knutson suffered...
Officer Robert K. Martin BADGE #474 EOW: August 15th, 1995 Age: 57 Officer Martin was shot to death during a traffic stop on the Beeline Highway, about seven miles north of Shea Boulevard. With 27 years of service, Officer Martin had the most years of service among...
Sergeant Michael. L. Crowe BADGE #2729 EOW: July 5th, 1995 Age: 41 Sgt. Crowe was shot, along with Yuma Police Department Lt. Dan Elkins, after they arrived at the Southwest border Alliance headquarters building near the Yuma International Airport on the night of July...
