Charles L. Doebler

Marysville Police Department — Marysville, CA

Felonious

End of Watch May 9, 1866

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Officer Butch Doebler was shot and killed from ambush at the intersection of A Street and 1st Street while he walked to his nearby home around 12:30 a.m.

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160 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Officer Doebler served with the Marysville Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Marysville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Marysville Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Marysville, Yuba County, CA

Platform Identity mpd.yuba.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 9, 1866

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Officer Charles L. Doebler is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Marysville Police Department, 5 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Marysville Police Department

of 5 officers

100% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious