Kern County Sheriff's Office

Kern County Sheriff's Office has lost 28 officers across 149 years on record. 9 — 32.1% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 31.3 percentage points below the national average of 63.4% for Sheriff's Offices.

18 officers were lost to accidents — 64.3% of this agency's fallen, compared to 25.8% nationally for Sheriff's Offices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.

This agency has also lost 1 K9 partner — working animals who served alongside officers and gave their lives in that service. They are honored on this memorial alongside every officer.