Roll of Honor
Charles Christopher Plumleigh
Incident
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Charles Plumleigh and Deputy Sheriff Gregory Low were killed in an automobile crash. The two deputies were responding to a burglary in progress call when their patrol car collided with a second patrol car at the intersection of 30th Street West and Avenue K in Lancaster. Reserve Deputy Plumleigh died three days later from his injuries. The three deputies in the second patrol car suffered minor injuries. Reserve Deputy Plumleigh had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for one year.
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- July 23, 2026
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You barely got started.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Plumleigh 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, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Plumleigh.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Charles Christopher Plumleigh 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. Charles Christopher Plumleigh's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Christopher Plumleigh Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Christopher Plumleigh is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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