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Gone But Not Forgotten

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

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Fallen Heroes 1895 - Present

The Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies has recorded fifty-six (56) officers that have been killed or lost their lives in the line of duty.

Carl Courts

End of Watch 11/30/1895

William Taylor

End of Watch 02/18/1914

Leroy Bailey

End of Watch 02/18/1914

Arthur Taylor

End of Watch 05/24/1914

William Harless

End of Watch 04/15/1915

William Williams

End of Watch 04/16/1930

Joseph Trapolino

End of Watch 05/23/1936

Theron Shofner

End of Watch 07/14/1948

Leo Busby

End of Watch 09/10/1953

Donald Knowlton

End of Watch 08/22/1960

Walter Harvey

End of Watch 11/05/1962

Fred Peebles

End of Watch 09/23/1965

Edd Williams

End of Watch 01/12/1974

Rodney Morgan

End of Watch 02/26/1974

Jimmie McKay

End of Watch 03/22/1974

James Wier

End of Watch 08/18/1978

Joe Westbrook

End of Watch 07/01/1979

Albert Garza

End of Watch 07/30/1979

Royce Anderson

End of Watch 10/26/1981

Reginald Norwood

End of Watch 09/03/1985

Jess Rozell, Jr.

End of Watch 09/19/1985

Haskell McCoy

End of Watch 02/02/1987

Clark Henry

End of Watch 07/25/1988

Richard Blackwell

End of Watch 09/06/1989

Jeffery Sanford

End of Watch 09/14/1991

Rickey Yates

End of Watch 01/25/1994

Harvey Davis

End of Watch 05/21/1996

Douglas Noll

End of Watch 07/22/1996

Randolph Eng

End of Watch 12/21/1996

Keith Fricke

End of Watch 06/04/1997

Rebecca Shaw

End of Watch 02/13/1998

Oscar Hill IV

End of Watch 07/22/2000

John Risley

End of Watch 10/23/2000

Barrett Hill

End of Watch 12/04/2000

Joseph Dennis

End of Watch 05/22/2001

Shane Bennett

End of Watch 06/12/2002

Thomas Douglas

End of Watch 03/10/2004

Thomas Keen

End of Watch 09/15/2008

Dionicio Camacho

End of Watch 10/23/2009

Jesse Valdez, III

End of Watch 10/29/2014

Tronoski Jones

End of Watch 08/20/2015

Darren Goforth

End of Watch 08/28/2015

Terry Faughtenbery

End of Watch 02/13/2017

Omar Diaz

End of Watch 07/06/2019

Sandeep Dhaliwal

End of Watch 09/27/2019

Raymond Scholwinski

End of Watch 05/06/2020

Juan Menchaca

End of Watch 06/13/2020

Cornelius Anderson

End of Watch 07/12/2020

Johnny Tunches

End of Watch 11/02/2020

Robert Perez

End of Watch 02/02/2021

Alexander Gwosdz

End of Watch 04/22/2021

Shaun Waters

End of Watch 08/01/2021

Joshua Sieman

End of Watch 10/21/2021

Ramon Gutierrez Jr.

End of Watch 01/24/2022

Darren Almendarez

End of Watch 03/31/2022

Robert Howard

End of Watch 05/11/2022

About Us

The Harris County Sheriff's Office, founded in 1837, is the largest sheriff's office in Texas and the third-largest in the nation. The HCSO has nearly 5,100 employees and 200 volunteer reservists dedicated to ensuring the safety of more than 4.1 million residents who call Harris County home. Harris County encompasses 1,788 square miles and includes 41 incorporated municipalities.

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  • Merit and maintain the public’s trust.

  • Embrace and deliver professional service.

  • Protect our citizens with honor and courage.

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