Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer David Guider and Police Officer Wendell Troyer were killed when their department's Hughes 269C helicopter experienced mechanical failure with the main rotor and crashed. The helicopter crashed into a parking lot and building at 2033 Fruitvale Avenue and burst into flames. Officer Guider was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Oakland Police Department for four years. He was survived by his expectant wife. His father was a retired police chief.
Survivors
He was survived by his expectant wife.
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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.
Police Officer Guider gave the Oakland Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oakland community, 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
David George Guider served in the Army (1967â1969) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer David George Guider 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 Oakland Police Department, 17 of 54 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. David George Guider's cause is highlighted.
How David George Guider Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. David George Guider is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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