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Dean Edward Beattie

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 19, 2003

Age 46

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Badge 9490

The Vigil Panel 151 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 232

Incident

Officer Dean Beattie was killed while attempting to pass a slow-moving truck on Route 163, near I-8, in San Diego County at about 12:55 pm.

He had been following the truck when he activated his emergency lights. He accelerated to approximately 60 mph and attempted to pass it on the right-hand shoulder. His BMW patrol motorcycle struck the truck near the right-hand wheel well and he was thrown to the ground. Since Officer Beattie did not make radio contact prior to the accident, it was not known why he activated his emergency equipment.

He was transported to Sharp Memorial Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.

Officer Beattie was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the California Highway Patrol for 24 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, six children, his parents, two brothers, and a sister.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 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.
Officer Beattie gave the California Highway Patrol 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Thank you 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 November 19, 2003

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Age 46

Badge Number 9490

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Dean Edward Beattie served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1975â1979) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Dean Edward Beattie is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 39.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At California Highway Patrol, 151 of 233 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.8% of this agency's fallen.

California Highway Patrol

151

of 233 officers

64.8% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident