Robert Terrell Roulston

Anaheim Police Department — Anaheim, CA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 16, 1988

Age 38

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Badge 241

The Vigil Panel 133 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 5

Incident

Officer Robert Roulston was killed in a motorcycle crash when he struck a vehicle that made a left turn in front of Katella Avenue, between State College Avenue and Howell Street, adjacent to Anaheim Stadium. He was working on a special assignment at a California Rams football game at the Anaheim Stadium at the time of the incident. No charges were filed against the driver who caused the accident. Officer Roulston was a United States Army veteran of Vietnam and served 15 years with the Anaheim Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, brother and sister.

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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.
Officer Roulston gave the Anaheim Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Anaheim 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 Anaheim Police Department

Type Other

Location Anaheim, Orange County, CA

Platform Identity apd.orange.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 16, 1988

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 38

Badge Number 241

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Robert Terrell Roulston served in the U.S. Army (1967â1970) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Robert Terrell Roulston is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 39.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Anaheim Police Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Anaheim Police Department

of 6 officers

33.3% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident