Orange County Traffic Officers Association

Officer Steven L. Phillips - January 29, 2004
WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT

Officer Steven Phillips was killed in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Trask Avenue and Jackson Street. The incident occurred when the driver of another vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign while turning onto Trask Avenue. Officer Phillips' motorcycle struck the driver's side door of the other vehicle. He was transported to a hospital in Huntington Beach where he died one hour later as a result of his injuries. The driver of the car also died as a result of his injuries. Officer Phillips is survived by his wife Sandy, his father and two brothers.

Corporal Tyler M. Pinchot - September 21, 2003
BUENA PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT

On the afternoon of June 13, 2003, Motor Officer Corporal Pinchot was assigned to traffic enforcement detail in his city and was pursuing a traffic violator when he was accidentally struck from the rear by a vehicle traveling in the same direction. Pinchot suffered major injuries to his head and other areas of his body. He was airlifted to the UCI Medical Center in Orange in critical condition and remained at that facility in a coma until his death on September 21. Tyler is survived by his wife, Susie Snider-Pinchot, three stepchildren, his mother and father, two brothers and three sisters.

Sergeant Matthew R. Davis - September 22, 2002
ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

Sergeant Davis, an Orange County Sheriff's Department Traffic Officer, died Sunday, Sept. 22, following a traffic accident. He was on motorcycle patrol in Mission Viejo when a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl struck him. Davis, 38, sustained major head injuries when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle turning left from eastbound La Sierra onto northbound Marguerite. After stopping at a traffic intersection's stop sign, the driver pulled out in front of him. Davis, a skilled motorcycle rider who promoted safety, was a 16-year law enforcement veteran. Matthew is survived by his wife, Tammy; children, Johnathon, 13, Jessica, 11, and Julianna, 7; and mother, Mary Huffman.

Deputy Steven E. Parsons - June 24, 2000
ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

Deputy Parsons 36, was mortally injured June 19, when a driver traveling 50 miles an hour ran a red light at an intersection in Aliso Viejo, striking his motorcycle. He remained in a medically induced coma at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo until June 24, when family members authorized doctors to remove him from life support. Deputy Parsons is survived by his wife, Kathy; his daughter, Kelsey, 6; son, Nathan, 3; and his parents.

Officer Robert T. Roulston - October 16, 1988
ANAHEIM POLICE DEPARTMENT

At 11:50 a.m. Motorcycle Officer Robert T. Roulston was riding his Kawasaki 1000cc police motorcycle eastbound on Katella Avenue east of State College Boulevard. A Toyota, traveling westbound on Katella Avenue, headed towards the Stadium parking lot entrance. The Toyota turned left towards the stadium employee/media entrance, directly across the path of the on-coming motor officer. Within seconds, the police motorcycle collided with the Toyota. Forty minutes later, the thirty-eight year old officer died. Robert is survived by his wife Deborah and son Adam.

Officer Edwin R. Jensen - March 3, 1931
SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT

Edwin R. Jensen, was a thirty-four-year-old Santa Ana Police Department Traffic Officer who died on March 3, 1931, after crashing his motorcycle while chasing a speeding vehicle on east First Street in Santa Ana. The accident occured February 28. He had sustained severe head injuries in the accident and was taken to the Santa Ana Valley Hospital by citizens who had witnessed the accident. Officer Jensen was a thirteen month veteran of the Santa Ana Police Department at the time of his death.

Officer Jim Matthews - 1929
ORANGE COUNTY TRAFFIC

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Officer Le Roy Darst - October 12, 1928
HUNTINGTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT

On October 12, 1928, a rainy Friday morning, Officer W. L. Evans, a ten month member of the Force, and Officer LeRoy Darst, with less than a week in police work, were driving South on Main Street approaching Crest Street en route to a reported traffic accident. The first rain of the season made driving treacherous, and as Officer Evans applied the brakes, the police car swerved across the street and collided with an oncoming car. Officer Darst was knocked unconscious and died from a skull fracture a short time later. LeRoy who was 43 years old, was survived by his wife, Helen.

Officer Lauren E. Hurd - March 31, 1927
ORANGE COUNTY TRAFFIC

Officer Lauren Emerey Hurd, 26, youngest of the Orange County Traffic Officers, died in the Santa Fe hospital, Los Angeles, at 8:25 a.m. on March 31, as the result of an operation when surgeons attempted to permanently correct a fractured arm, suffered in an accident 16 months earlier. The indirect cause of Hurd's death was a motorcycle accident on South Main Street, near Delhi on Nov. 9, 1925. His machine collided with an automobile, reported to have been suddenly driven out onto the highway from a cross street. Hurd suffered a fractured right arm just above the elbow. The injury was not considered serious at the time.