Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Monty Conley and Detective Joe Landin 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 Conley and Detective Landin 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 Conley had served with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office for 12 years and previously served with the Woodlake Police Department.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and father.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Conley gave the Tulare County Sheriff's Office 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Visalia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Conley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Monty Lewis Conley is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
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. Monty Lewis Conley's cause is highlighted.
How Monty Lewis Conley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Monty Lewis Conley is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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