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Officer

Roy Paul Blecher

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 22, 1978

Age 50

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Badge 2455

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Roy Blecher and Officer Mike Freeman were shot and killed while patrolling together on I-80 in West Sacramento. Their bodies were found after they made a traffic stop at approximately 3:00 a.m. Investigators found a sign of a struggle. Officer Blecher was found with his hands handcuffed behind his back and shot once in the head. Officer Freeman was shot five times. The suspect was eventually apprehended and sentenced to life. He died in prison on April 16th, 2016. Officer Blecher was a United States Marine Corps and California Army National Guard veteran. He had served with the California Highway Patrol for 21 years. He is survived by his wife and a son. In 1994, an elevated portion of Interstate 80, known as the Yolo Causeway, was designated the Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway in honor of the fallen officers.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and a son.

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Tributes

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.
Officer Blecher gave the California Highway Patrol 21 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department California Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Sacramento, CA

Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 22, 1978

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 50

Badge Number 2455

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Roy Paul Blecher served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1950â1956) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Roy 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.

Compare against

Time

In 1978, 121 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 43rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Roy was 50. 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. Roy had served 21 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

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Fridays: 14.3%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded