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Officer

Robert W. Suess

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 15, 1958

Age 28

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 2244

The Vigil Panel 93 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 232

Incident

Officer Robert Suess was killed when a drunk driver struck his police motorcycle on Baldwin Avenue at the Southern Pacific tracks in El Monte. Shortly after 5:00 p.m., a driver went through a red light, ran another car off the road, and then struck Officer Suess head-on. He was thrown 85 feet and pinned beneath the car that hit him. He died instantly. The 41-year-old woman that struck him suffered injuries that left her completely paralyzed. She was convicted of manslaughter and drunk driving and sentenced to 10 years probation. Officer Seuss was a United States Army veteran and had served with the California Highway Patrol for nine months. He previously served with the Vallejo Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two-year-old son.

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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 Suess gave the California Highway Patrol 2 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 15, 1958

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 28

Badge Number 2244

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Military Service

Robert W. Suess served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Robert W. Suess 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