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Police Officer

Raymond Earl Hicks Sr.

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 17, 1976

Age 35

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Badge 12035

The Vigil Panel 117 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 239

Incident

Officer Raymond Hicks was shot and killed by a narcotics suspect. He was shot in the chest as he and four other officers searched a home in Inglewood for drugs. The homeowner, 31, was charged with murder and possession of illegal drugs. On February 7, 1977, charges against the suspect were dismissed. The judge said the search warrant was improper. Officer Hicks was a United States Vietnam War Army veteran and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 12 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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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 Hicks gave the Los Angeles Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community, 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 Los Angeles Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1976

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 35

Badge Number 12035

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Raymond Earl Hicks Sr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Raymond Earl Hicks Sr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Los Angeles Police Department, 115 of 240 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.9% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles Police Department

115

of 240 officers

47.9% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious