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Police Officer

James Lowell Capoot

Vallejo Police Department — Vallejo, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch November 17, 2011

Age 43

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Police Officer James Capoot was shot and killed during a foot pursuit of bank robbery suspects following a high-speed chase.

Officer Capoot pursued the suspect vehicle through a residential area, where he executed a PIT maneuver and disabled the suspect vehicle. He pursued the suspect on foot until he was shot several times while in the back yard of a residence.

He was transported to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The suspect was arrested near the scene. On November 11, 2015, he was sentenced to three life terms with no possibility of parole.

Officer Capoot was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served the Vallejo Police Department for 19 years and had previously served with the California Highway Patrol for two years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three daughters.

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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.
Police Officer Capoot gave the Vallejo Police Department 21 years.
Thank you for your service to the Vallejo community. 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 Vallejo Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Platform Identity vallpd.solano.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 17, 2011

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Military Service

James Lowell Capoot served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer James Lowell Capoot is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Vallejo Police Department, 5 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Vallejo Police Department

of 5 officers

100% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious