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...
Officer Alan H. Hansen BADGE #204 EOW: July 19th, 1973 Age: 34 Officer Hansen was killed in Kingman when a railroad tanker loaded with butane exploded. In all, 13 people were killed and 112 were injured in the afternoon explosion Alan H. Hansen Memorial Site AZ DPS...
Officer Don A. Beckstead BADGE #409 EOW: February 7th, 1971 Age: 28 A few minutes after shooting Officer Keeton, Greenberg shot Officer Beckstead during another traffic stop. It is believed that Officer Beckstead was not aware of the shooting involving Keeton. Officer...
Officer James L. Keeton BADGE #310 EOW: February 5th, 1971 Age: 27 Officer Keeton was shot to death with his own weapon by Bertram Greenberg, a suspect in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old California girl. Keeton, who lost his pistol during a skirmish with...
Officer Gilbert A. Duthie BADGE #143 EOW: September 5th, 1970 Age: 39 Officer Duthie died the evening of Sept. 5 when his patrol car was swept away by Sycamore Creek flood waters near Sunflower on State Route 87. Officer Duthie and his patrol car were found the...
