Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Henry Goodrich was killed when his police motorcycle struck a vehicle making an illegal U-turn on the Los Angeles-San Diego Highway just inside the city limits. He was killed instantly upon impact. Patrolman Goodrich had served with the agency for 13 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Goodrich gave the San Diego Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Diego community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Goodrich.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Henry J. Goodrich 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 San Diego Police Department, 8 of 38 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry J. Goodrich's cause is highlighted.
How Henry J. Goodrich Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry J. Goodrich is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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