Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Samuel Cope succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle crash on October 19, 1939, in West Covina. While traveling on Holt-Garvey Highway (present-day Interstate 10), a vehicle turned onto the highway from Sunset Avenue, hitting him. Officer Cope suffered from internal injuries and passed away at St. Vincent Hospital in Los Angeles. Officer Cope had served with the California Highway Patrol for four years and previously served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 10 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Cope gave the California Highway Patrol 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Cope.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Samuel G. Cope Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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 California Highway Patrol, 151 of 233 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel G. Cope Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Samuel G. Cope Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel G. Cope Sr. is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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