Roll of Honor
Leonard Claude Tribble
Incident
Officer Leonard Tribble was killed in a motorcycle accident while escorting an ambulance to a hospital at 3:30 p.m. He was attempting to catch up with the ambulance to pass it and provide an escort when his motorcycle collided with a car at SW 61st Avenue at SW 8th Street. He was transported to a local hospital where he died 12 hours later. Officer Tribble was a U.S. Army veteran.
Survivors
He had been with the agency for four years and was survived by his expectant wife.
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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.
Police Officer Tribble gave the West Miami Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the West Miami community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Leonard Claude Tribble served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Leonard Claude Tribble 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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Incident Location
Military Service
Leonard Claude Tribble served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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