Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Herrera was struck and killed by a jail transport bus at the Men's Central Jail at 441 Bauchet Street in Los Angeles. The brakes on the bus failed as it pulled into the facility. Deputy Herrera was crushed between the bus and a pillar. Deputy Herrera had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for almost two years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, parents, two brothers, and sister.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Herrera gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Herrera.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Joseph R. Herrera 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 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 50 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph R. Herrera's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph R. Herrera Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph R. Herrera is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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