Roll of Honor
Jeffrey Barton Lindenberg
Incident
Police Officer Jeffrey Lindenberg was killed when the helicopter he was training in lost power and crashed while landing. Officer Lindenberg was flying in a Bell 47-G5 helicopter and was practicing simulated urban high-rise rooftop landings by at an off-site pad on top of a small mountain near the Los Angeles Zoo in the hills above Hollywood. On short final approach, the engine lost power and the helicopter impacted four inches short of the pad. The helicopter rolled 162 feet down the mountain side and exploded. Officer Lindenberg was killed and another officer was seriously injured. Officer Lindenberg was a U.S Army veteran and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and seven-month old daughter.
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- April 2, 2026
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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 Lindenberg gave the Los Angeles Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles 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
Jeffrey Barton Lindenberg served in the Other (1965â1968) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Jeffrey Barton Lindenberg 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 Police Department, 97 of 240 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeffrey Barton Lindenberg's cause is highlighted.
How Jeffrey Barton Lindenberg Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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