Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Dale Stone was killed in a motorcycle crash while responding to an officer down call transmitted when Police Officer Albert Bluhm was shot and killed. Officer Stone was traveling with lights and sirens through the Seventh Avenue and Roosevelt intersection when another vehicle drove into his path. He was thrown from his motorcycle and landed underneath another vehicle, waiting at the light. Bystanders lifted the car off of him in an attempt to save his life, but he died upon arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital. Officer Stone was a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for two years. He was survived by his wife. Officer Stone's father, Deputy Sheriff Rex Stone, with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed three weeks after this incident.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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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.
Police Officer Stone gave the Phoenix Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Dale Crist Stone served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Dale Crist Stone 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Phoenix Police Dept., 14 of 47 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dale Crist Stone's cause is highlighted.
How Dale Crist Stone Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Dale Crist Stone is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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