Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Rosemary May was killed when her department vehicle was struck by another car that ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed at the intersection of Avenue I and 30th Street East in Lancaster. The driver of the other vehicle pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and was sentenced to one year in jail. Deputy May had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 21 years.
Survivors
She was survived by her two sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff May gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff May.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Rosemary Iris May is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 50 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Rosemary Iris May's cause is highlighted.
How Rosemary Iris May Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Rosemary Iris May is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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