James Rex Jensen Jr.

Oxnard Police Department — Oxnard, CA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch March 13, 1996

Age 30

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 6

Incident

Officer James Jensen was shot and killed by friendly fire during a high-risk warrant service. The agency's tactical team was serving a warrant on a house where three heavily armed drug-ring leaders were believed to be located. Another officer, whose vision was obscured as the result of smoke grenades, mistook Officer Jensen for an armed suspect and opened fire on him with a shotgun. He was transported to a local hospital where he died a short time later. Officer Jensen, a U.S. Marine veteran who served as an MP, worked for the Oxnard Police Department for 4 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two 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 II Jensen gave the Oxnard Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oxnard 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

Department Oxnard Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Oxnard, Ventura County, CA

Platform Identity oxnapd.ventura.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 13, 1996

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

James Rex Jensen Jr. served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer II James Rex Jensen Jr. 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 Oxnard Police Department, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Oxnard Police Department

of 7 officers

28.6% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident