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Police Officer

Jeffrey Lynn Azuar

Vallejo Police Department — Vallejo, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 12, 2000

Age 50

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

The Vigil Panel 147 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Police Officer Jeffrey Azuar was shot and killed after he and another officer attempted to serve a failure to appear warrant on a suspect.

The officers found the suspect hiding in a garage of the residence. The suspect began physically resisting arrest and then pulled out a handgun and shot Officer Azuar in the head. A third officer who had arrived on-scene returned fire and seriously wounded the 34-year-old suspect.

Officer Azuar was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The offender was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on May 7th, 2004.

Officer Azuar was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Vallejo Police Department for 21 years. In 2020 a local street in Vallejo was renamed Jeffrey Azuar Drive.

He had been a canine handler since 1993. His first canine, Rondo, was stabbed to death in the line of duty in 1997.

Survivors

He is survived by his daughter.

In Our Keeping

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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 Azuar gave the Vallejo Police Department 21 years.
Thank you for your service to the Vallejo 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 Vallejo Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Vallejo, Solano County, CA

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

Service Record

End of Watch April 12, 2000

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

Jeffrey Lynn Azuar served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Jeffrey Lynn Azuar 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