Caleb Daniel Rule
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Deputy Constable

Caleb Daniel Rule

Accident
End of Watch May 29, 2020
Age 37
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Constable Caleb Rule was inadvertently shot and killed by a Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office deputy while responding to a suspicious person call in the 3900 block of Chestnut Bend in Sienna Plantation at 1:40 am.

A citizen had reported seeing a man running from a home in the area. Deputy Constable Rule responded to the scene along with three sheriff's deputies and located a home with an open door. Deputy Constable Rule was clearing the home with the sheriff's deputies when he was mistaken for a suspect inside the home. Deputy Constable Rule was struck in the chest in an area not protected by his vest.

He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

Deputy Constable Rule had served with the Fort Bend County Constable's Office - Precinct 4 for nine months and had previously served with the Missouri City Police Department for 14 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and four children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Constable Rule gave the Fort Bend County Constable's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Sugar Land community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Constable Rule.

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

Agency

Location Sugar Land, TX
Platform Identity fbccop4co.fortbend.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 29, 2020
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Constable Caleb Daniel Rule is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Fort Bend County Constable's Office - Precinct 4
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
TX — Statewide
653
of 2,421 officers
27% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Caleb Daniel Rule's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Caleb Daniel Rule Compares

Age at End of Watch
37
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
15
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Caleb Daniel Rule is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location