Roll of Honor

Prev Next

Officer

Raymond R. Carpenter

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 17, 1970

Age 40

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Badge 1992

The Vigil Panel 106 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 232

Incident

Officer Raymond Carpenter was shot and killed after making a traffic stop of a stolen vehicle on I-80 near Rocklin, California. The suspect committed suicide as other officers closed in on him. Officer Carpenter was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the California Highway Patrol for 13 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier: BO-US-CA-E6E7F20B
Stewardship: Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 2026

Honored here by 1 tribute.

Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Raymond. Claim this record.

Also honored at salute.nw — U.S. Air Force. One record, 2 gates. Raymond is one person.

This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.

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 Carpenter gave the California Highway Patrol 13 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 February 17, 1970

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 40

Badge Number 1992

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Raymond R. Carpenter served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

View full service record on salute.nw →

Officer Raymond R. Carpenter 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 California Highway Patrol, 71 of 233 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 30.5% of this agency's fallen.

California Highway Patrol

of 233 officers

30.5% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious