Roll of Honor
Thomas P. McNeff
Incident
Officer/Pilot Thomas McNeff and Officer/Paramedic Richard Stratman were killed in a helicopter crash during a rainstorm near Marana. They were en route to pick up a pregnant woman stranded by floodwaters for a medical transport to Tucson when the Bell Jet Ranger helicopter crashed into a flooded field. Officer McNeff was a military veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Arizona Department of Public Safety for eight years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and infant daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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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 / Pilot McNeff served with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arizona, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Thomas P. McNeff served in the Other (1969â1971) before joining law enforcement.
Officer / Pilot Thomas P. McNeff 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 Arizona Department of Public Safety, 15 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas P. McNeff's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas P. McNeff Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas P. McNeff is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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