Roll of Honor
Constance Ellen Worland
Incident
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Constance Worland was accidentally shot and killed by her partner following a call involving a man with a gun in a high-crime area around 4 p.m. After arriving at the scene, at 6 Ironwood Lane, the deputies were told the suspects had gone to another area of the housing complex. As the deputies got back into their patrol car, the shotgun discharged as it was being placed into the shotgun mount. The blast struck Deputy Worland in the side. Deputy Worland had served as a volunteer reserve deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for five years. A plaque honoring her service and sacrifice is in the main lobby of the Sheriff’s Communications Center in East Los Angeles. She was the first female reserve killed in the line of duty in the United States.
Survivors
A single mother, she was survived by her three daughters; ages 20, 17, and 16 at the time of her death.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Worland gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Worland.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Constance Ellen Worland 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 50 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Constance Ellen Worland's cause is highlighted.
How Constance Ellen Worland Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Constance Ellen Worland is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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