Esmeralda Ponce Ramirez
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Police Officer

Esmeralda Ponce Ramirez

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Accident
End of Watch June 9, 2019
Age 49
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Police Officer Esmeralda Ramirez succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicle crash on August 5, 2015.

Officer Ramirez was on duty, in plain clothes, and driving an unmarked department vehicle, when another car moved into her lane, causing a collision at Venice Boulevard and Barry Avenue. Officer Ramirez sustained injuries to her neck and back and required surgery.

She passed away after experiencing complications as a result of required surgery related to her injuries.

Officer Ramirez had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 11 years and was assigned to the Pacific Division.

Survivors

She is survived by her three adult children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Ramirez gave the Los Angeles Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Ramirez.

— 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 June 9, 2019
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 49
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

The Sacrifice · Accident

Esmeralda is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2019, 45 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 103rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Esmeralda was 49. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Esmeralda had served 11 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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Her people

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

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Esmeralda Ponce Ramirez

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch June 9, 2019

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-E

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