Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Raul Adauto died following surgery to a knee injury sustained on February 4th, 1986, at the Norwalk Station. He was walking into the rear entrance of the station when he slipped on the outside stairs. The stairs were wet due to an overflow of the sprinkler system outside of the station. Both of his knees were injured in the fall and he subsequently underwent surgery on March 13th, 1986, as a result. He lapsed into a coma during the surgery and passed away on April 5th, 1986. Deputy Adauto had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 17 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Adauto gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Adauto.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Raul "Ruly" Adauto 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raul "Ruly" Adauto's cause is highlighted.
How Raul "Ruly" Adauto Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Raul "Ruly" Adauto is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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