Heroes Remembered

Guting, Trooper Tara-Marysa M.

Washington State Patrol

Pierce 12 / 19 / 2025

Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting was struck and killed by a vehicle…

Salas, Sergeant Ken B.

Spokane County Sheriff’s Office

Spokane 08 / 09 / 2025

Sergeant Kenneth Salas was struck and killed by a motorcycle…

Gadd, Trooper Christopher M.

Washington State Patrol

Snohomish 03 / 02 / 2024

Trooper Christopher M. Gadd was in his patrol vehicle on…

Miller, Correctional Officer Jay

Washington State Department of Corrections

Yakima 02 / 11 / 2023

Correctional Officer Jay Miller died on February 11, 2023, from…

Jackson, Officer Jordan T.

Bellevue Police Department

King 11 / 21 / 2022

Officer Jordan T. Jackson was struck while riding his police…

Rocha, Officer Dan

Everett Police Department

Snohomish 03 / 25 / 2022

Officer Dan Rocha was shot and killed after a brief…

Calata, Deputy Dominique “Dom”

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department

Pierce 03 / 16 / 2022

Deputy Dominique “Dom” Calata was shot and mortally wounded on…

Sahota, Officer Donald

Vancouver Police Department

Clark 01 / 29 / 2022

Officer Don Sahota was shot and killed after a robbery…

Gutierrez, Patrolman Raymond J.

Hanford Patrol

Benton 10 / 03 / 2021

Patrolman Gutierrez tragically passed away from complications of COVID-19, which…

Gunderson, Trooper Eric T.

Washington State Patrol

Pierce 09 / 26 / 2021

Trooper Eric Gunderson died from complications as the result of…

Goodrich, Jr., Officer Darryl

Washington State Department of Corrections

Grays Harbor 08 / 20 / 2021

Correctional Officer Darryl Goodrich, Jr. died from complications as the…

Brown, Sergeant Jeremy R.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Clark 07 / 23 / 2021

Sergeant Jeremy Brown was shot and killed while conducting surveillance…

Forrest, Officer Gabriel

Washington State Department of Corrections

Grays Harbor 06 / 17 / 2021

Corrections Officer Gabriel K. Forrest died from complications as the…

Harris, Officer Alexandra B.

Seattle Police Department

King 06 / 13 / 2021

Police Officer Alexandra “Lexi” Harris was struck and killed by…

Hughes, Officer Jaymes R.

Kalispel Tribal Police Department

Pend Oreille 01 / 06 / 2021

Police Officer Jaymes “Jay” Hughes suffered a heart attack on…

Christensen, Officer David A.

Washington State Department of Corrections

Grays Harbor 12 / 29 / 2020

Correctional Officer David A. Christensen died from complications as the…

Melvin, Deputy Jon M.

Grant County Sheriff’s Office

Grant 12 / 11 / 2020

Deputy Sheriff Jon Melvin died from complications as the result…

Cortez, Officer Charlie Joe

Tulalip Tribal Police Department

Snohomish 11 / 17 / 2020

Police Officer Charlie Joe Cortez died after the 24-foot fisheries…

Oaks, Officer Daniel

Yakima County Department of Corrections

Yakima 08 / 01 / 2020

Corrections Officer Daniel Oaks died after contracting COVID-19 during an…

Shoop, Officer Jonathan

Bothell Police Department

King 07 / 13 / 2020

Police Officer Jonathan Shoop was shot and killed in the…

Morse, Officer Berisford A.

Washington State Department of Corrections

Snohomish 05 / 17 / 2020

Correctional Officer Berisford Morse died after contracting COVID-19 through a…

Enget, Officer Kurt J.

Bainbridge Island Police Department

Kitsap 04 / 10 / 2020

Police Officer Kurt Enget died as the result of complications…

Schaffer, Trooper Justin R.

Washington State Patrol

Lewis 03 / 24 / 2020

Trooper Justin Schaffer was struck and killed by a fleeing…

Dyson, Deputy Cooper A.

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department

Pierce 12 / 21 / 2019

Deputy Sheriff Cooper Dyson was killed in a single-vehicle crash…

Knapp, Chief Michael F.

Lynden Police Department

Whatcom 11 / 06 / 2019

Interim Police Chief Michael Knapp succumbed to injuries sustained the…

Anderson, Lieutenant Jon “JD”

Spokane Police Department

Spokane 07 / 05 / 2019

Lt. Jon “JD” Anderson died from complications following five surgeries…

DeRosier, Deputy Sheriff Justin R.

Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office

Cowlitz 04 / 14 / 2019

Deputy Sheriff Justin DeRosier was shot and killed in the…

Thompson, Deputy Sheriff Ryan Shane

Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office

Kittitas 03 / 19 / 2019

Deputy Sheriff Ryan Thompson was shot and killed in the…

Padgett, Trooper S. Renee

Washington State Patrol

King 09 / 04 / 2018

Trooper S. Renee Padgett surprised her parents by arriving early…

Moreno, Officer Diego

Kent Police Department

King 07 / 22 / 2018

Police Officer Diego Moreno was struck and killed by a…

Ensley, Special Agent Timothy A.

Homeland Security Investigations

King 06 / 24 / 2018

Special Agent Tim Ensley died after contracting Dengue fever while…

McCartney, Deputy Daniel A.

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department

Pierce 01 / 08 / 2018

Deputy Sheriff Daniel McCartney was shot and killed after responding…

Focht, Detective Derrick W.

Kent Police Department

King 04 / 07 / 2017

Detective Derrick Focht was at work in the City of…

Gibson, Chief Randall Scott

Kalama Police Department

Cowlitz 01 / 10 / 2017

Chief of Police Randy Gibson died after going into respiratory…

Gutierrez, Officer Reginald “Jake”

Tacoma Police Department

Pierce 11 / 30 / 2016

Police Officer Jake Gutierrez was shot and killed after responding…

Hanger, Detective Brent L.

Washington State Patrol

Snohomish 08 / 06 / 2015

Detective Brent Hanger suffered a fatal heart attack while hiking…

Silva, Officer Rick

Chehalis Police Department

Lewis 06 / 18 / 2015

Police Officer Rick Silva died while undergoing surgery to correct…

Hansen, Officer Derek (Chip)

Wapato Police Department

Yakima 03 / 08 / 2014

Officer Derek (Chip) Hansen died as the result of injuries…

O’Connell, Trooper Sean M.

Washington State Patrol

Snohomish 05 / 31 / 2013

On Friday, May 24, 2013, a Washington State bridge in…

Radulescu, Trooper Tony V.

Washington State Patrol

Kitsap 02 / 23 / 2012

Trooper Tony Radulescu was shot and killed while making a…