Zlatko Nicholi Sintic
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Police Officer

Zlatko Nicholi Sintic

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch February 12, 1976
Age 33
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 15485
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Zlatko Sintic was shot and killed as he and other officers approached a fast food restaurant in a Northridge shopping center to answer a silent alarm. The gunman held an employee hostage for 5.5 hours before taking his own life. Officer Sintic was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for nine years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Sintic gave the Los Angeles Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 12, 1976
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 33
Badge Number 15485
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Zlatko Nicholi Sintic served in the U.S. Air Force (1962–1966) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Zlatko is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1976, 137 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 30th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Zlatko was 33. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Zlatko had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Zlatko among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Zlatko Nicholi Sintic

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch February 12, 1976

Military Service

Zlatko Nicholi Sintic served in the U.S. Air Force (1962–1966) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-E

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