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Officer

Mark Thomas Taylor

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 26, 1987

Age 28

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 11558

The Vigil Panel 132 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 232

Incident

Officer Mark Taylor was killed when he was struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop on I-10, two miles west of Date Palm Drive near Palm Springs. Officer Taylor was standing in front of a car writing a ticket when an elderly driver drifted into the shoulder and hit the ticketed vehicle at 60 miles per hour. He was transported to Desert Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The elderly driver and ticketed driver were treated and released. Officer Taylor was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the California Highway Patrol.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and daughter.

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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.
Officer Taylor gave the California Highway Patrol 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California, 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 California Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Sacramento, CA

Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 26, 1987

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 28

Badge Number 11558

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Mark Thomas Taylor served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Mark Thomas Taylor 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 California Highway Patrol, 151 of 233 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.8% of this agency's fallen.

California Highway Patrol

151

of 233 officers

64.8% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident