Reserve Sgt. Mark M. Dryer BADGE #9764 EOW: July 3rd, 1993 Age: 35 While standing near a motorist he had stopped for speeding 20 miles south of Phoenix on Interstate 10, Sgt. Dryer was struck and killed by a passing car driven by Charles Robert Ransier, 33, of...
Sergeant David J. Zesiger BADGE #1848 EOW: July 3rd, 1992 Age: 47 Sgt. Zesiger was leading a family to a campsite near McNary when his fully-marked departmental Chevrolet Blazer was struck head-on by a pickup truck driven by Calvin Dayea, who was found to be driving...
Sergeant Manuel H. Tapia BADGE #1409 EOW: January 8th, 1991 Age: 41 Sgt. Tapia was shot at about 7 p.m. Jan. 7, 1991, in Nogales by a drug suspect. He died at about 1 a.m. Jan. 8, 1991, at Tucson Medical Center. The suspect, Noel Gonzales-Bernal of Nogales, Sonora,...
Sergeant John M. Blaser BADGE #2916 EOW: August 31st, 1990 Age: 36 Sgt. Blaser, along with Officer Gabrielli, were investigating a previous fatal crash on US 89 south of Valencia Road in Tucson when both were struck from behind by a car driven by James Sheets. Â Sheets...
Officer David G. Gabrielli BADGE #1231 EOW: August 31st, 1990 Age: 43 Officer Gabrielli was struck and killed while investigating a previous fatal crash on U.S. 89, just south of Valencia Road in Tucson. Officer Gabrielli, who was standing in the median with Sgt. John...
Officer Johnny E. Garcia BADGE #3572 EOW: October 14th, 1989 Age: 33 Officer Garcia died while responding to a report of a drunken driver whose car was stuck in a right-of-way fence near the Picacho interchange on Interstate 10. While passing a car on State Route 84...
