Morgan W. Honeycutt
Motorcycle Officer

Morgan W. Honeycutt

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. — Monterey Park, CA
Accident
End of Watch December 19, 1928
Age 26
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Motorcycle Officer Morgan Honeycutt succumbed to injuries sustained when he was struck by an impaired driver while he was on patrol.

Officer Honeycutt was traveling west on Inglewood Boulevard near Jefferson Street when a vehicle swerved into Officer Honeycutt at a high rate of speed. His body was dragged for 175 feet before the driver stopped. Officer Honeycutt was transported to Culver City Emergency Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

The driver was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Officer Honeycutt had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for two years.

He is buried at Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton, Los Angeles County, California.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Motorcycle Officer Honeycutt gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Motorcycle Officer Honeycutt.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Monterey Park, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 19, 1928
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Motorcycle Officer Morgan W. Honeycutt 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 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 50 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.
50
of 120 officers
41.7% Accident
CA — Statewide
719
of 1,837 officers
39.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Morgan W. Honeycutt's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Morgan W. Honeycutt Compares

Age at End of Watch
26
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Morgan W. Honeycutt is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location