Darrell Dean McCloud
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Corporal

Darrell Dean McCloud

Accident
End of Watch May 13, 1985
Age 45
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Darrell McCloud was killed in an automobile crash at approximately 9:00 pm while on a traffic call. Another vehicle struck his patrol car at the intersection of N 107th Avenue and W Camelback Road. Several witnesses pulled him from the vehicle and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. He was flown to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Corporal McCloud had served with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for 19 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal McCloud gave the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal McCloud.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Phoenix, AZ
Platform Identity mcso.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 13, 1985
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Corporal Darrell Dean McCloud 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, 10 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.7% of this agency's fallen.

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
10
of 28 officers
35.7% Accident
AZ — Statewide
95
of 330 officers
28.8% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Darrell Dean McCloud's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Darrell Dean McCloud Compares

Age at End of Watch
45
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
19
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Darrell Dean McCloud is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location