Law enforcement officers live with the knowledge that they might one day make the ultimate sacrifice to save another. Deputies and Detention Officers accept these risks as a routine part of their job.

In a profession known for its inherent dangers and self-sacrifice, eighteen Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputies and six Detention Officers have been killed in the line of duty since 1922.

They are fallen, but never forgotten.

We remember them and honor them for their courage and self-sacrifice.

• Deputy Chad Brackman - November 10, 2021 

• Deputy Juan M. Ruiz - October 11, 2021

• Detention Officer Kendall Thomas - September 10, 2021

• Detention Officer Alicia Dawn Carter - August 9, 2021

• Detention Officer Miroslaw Mroczkowski - July 15, 2020

• Detention Officer Kevin Fletcher - July 6, 2020

• Detention Officer Gene "Jim" Wade Lee - October 30, 2019

• Retired Detention Officer Annette Olson - January 23, 2018

• Deputy David William Wargo Jr. - May 1, 2012

• Deputy William H. Coleman - January 8, 2012

• Deputy Gary Labenz - October 10, 2005

• Deputy Kenneth Blair - September 28, 1995

• Deputy Eduardo Gonzales - August 28, 1995

• Sergeant Patrick Riley - March 11, 1994

• Deputy Vernon Marconnet - June 30, 1988

• Corporal Darrell McCloud - May 13, 1985

• Reserve Deputy James Epp - March 1, 1978

• Deputy Ralph Butler - June 13, 1972

• Deputy Rex Stone - January 18, 1971

• Deputy Warren LaRue - January 18, 1971

• Lieutenant Robert Dorn - August 31, 1965

• Deputy Gerald Barnes - October 5, 1957

• Deputy Burtice Wickstrum - January 8, 1951

• Special Deputy Edward Roberts - July 21, 1937

• Deputy Lee Wright - January 29, 1930

• Deputy Almon Dana - April 9, 1922

• Deputy Kurtz Fickas - November 16, 1916

To visit memorials of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, please see the Officer Down Memorial Page.