Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Tate Lynch succumbed to injuries sustained when he fell from a wall while conducting training exercises with the Pinal County SWAT team.
Sergeant Lynch was a member of the inter-agency Pinal County SWAT team. The team was training at the Pinal County Detention Center, in Florence, where Sergeant Lynch was rappelling down a wall. During his decent, Sergeant Lynch fell and sustained serious head injuries. He was flown to Scottsdale Healthcare Trauma Center where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
Sergeant Lynch had served with the Casa Grande Police Department for seven years and with the Holbrook Police department for two years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, three children, parents, sister, and two brothers.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Lynch gave the Casa Grande Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Casa Grande community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Lynch.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Tate Allan Lynch 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 Casa Grande Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Tate Allan Lynch's cause is highlighted.
How Tate Allan Lynch Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Tate Allan Lynch is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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