Robert Mendum Tarr

Mohave County Sheriff's Office — Kingman, AZ

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 21, 1963

Age 52

Tour of Duty 33 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 7

Incident

Sheriff Robert Tarr was shot and killed at an agricultural inspection station near Kingman, Arizona, at 3:00 p.m. Two men who had just been released from California and Arizona prisons had stolen a car in Long Beach, CA, and were stopped at the agricultural inspection station because they didn't have the paperwork for the car. The inspector called the sheriff, and when he responded, he asked one of the men to open the trunk. After doing so, the ex-convict drew a weapon and shot Sheriff Tarr as he walked toward him. Sheriff Tarr then drew his weapon and fired four times, hitting the suspect twice. Sheriff Tarr was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and served in law enforcement for 33 years. He had served with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, Kingman Police Department, and the San Bernardino County, California, Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, nine children, mother, and six siblings.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Sheriff Tarr gave the Mohave County Sheriff's Office 33 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kingman 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 Mohave County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Kingman, Mohave County, AZ

Platform Identity mcso.mohave.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 21, 1963

Tour of Duty 33 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Robert Mendum Tarr served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Sheriff Robert Mendum Tarr 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 AZ, 204 of 330 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 61.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Mohave County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Mohave County Sheriff's Office

of 8 officers

25% Felonious

AZ — Statewide

204

of 330 officers

61.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious