Sunny Ma Lov
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Police Officer

Sunny Ma Lov

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX
Felonious
End of Watch November 4, 1990
Age 39
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 1 mo
Badge 5892
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Sunny Lov was struck and killed by a stolen car while directing traffic around a crash scene at the North Central Expressway near Meadow Road. The driver of a stolen vehicle drove through a line of road flares and struck Officer Lov, who was thrown 119 feet into the opposite lanes of traffic. He died at the scene. The subject driving the vehicle was found a few hours later after abandoning the wrecked vehicle. He was charged with murder and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in prison. Officer Lov, who was fluent in six languages, escaped the killing fields of Cambodia and came to the United States to start a new life that was cut short just two years into his career with the Dallas Police Department.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and two sons.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Lov gave the Dallas Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Lov.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Dallas, Collin County, TX
Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 4, 1990
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 1 mo
Age 39
Badge Number 5892
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Sunny is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1990, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Sunny was 39. 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. Sunny had served 2.1 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

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Dallas Police Department has 95 officers remembered here, Sunny among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Sunny Ma Lov

Dallas Police Department · End of Watch November 4, 1990

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-E

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