Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Joe Landin and Detective Monty Conley were killed when their vehicle was broadsided by another vehicle that ran a stop sign on Avenue 120 in Pixley, California. At 12:40 p.m., the undercover detectives were returning to the sheriff's office headquarters after participating in a narcotics investigation and heading east on Avenue 120. After exiting Highway 99, the driver of a car failed to stop and hit the officers' unmarked patrol car. The force of the impact pushed the patrol car off the road, flinging the car airborne and causing it to roll down the highway embankment. When their vehicle stopped, both Detective Landin and Detective Conley were trapped under their car. They died at the scene. The driver of the vehicle that struck them was convicted of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and sentenced to five years. Detective Landin was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran who had served with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office for four years and previously served with the Woodlake Police Department.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, his parents, three brothers, and a sister.
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- 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.
Detective Landin gave the Tulare County Sheriff's Office 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Visalia 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joe Ruiz Landin served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
Detective Joe Ruiz Landin is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 Tulare County Sheriff's Office, 10 of 16 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joe Ruiz Landin's cause is highlighted.
How Joe Ruiz Landin Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joe Ruiz Landin is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Military Service
Joe Ruiz Landin served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
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