Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Edgar Combs was killed when he was involved in a motorcycle crash in Kern County.
He had served with the California Highway Patrol for less than one year.
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- August 2, 2026
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You barely got started.
Officer Combs gave the California Highway Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Combs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Edgar J. Combs is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edgar J. Combs's cause is highlighted.
How Edgar J. Combs Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edgar J. Combs is highlighted in Sep.
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