Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Ronald Weber died as the result of being exposed to chemicals used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
He was the supervisor of the California State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement's Orange County Lab Response Team for several years in the late 1990s. As a result of his repeated and constant exposure to the carcinogenic chemicals, he contracted cancer and died.
Lieutenant Weber had served with the agency for 24 years. Two of his sons became police officers, one with the Westminster Police Department in California, and one with the Apple Valley Police Department in Minnesota.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
24 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Weber gave the Westminster Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Westminster community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Weber.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Ronald Weldon Weber, Sr. is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Westminster Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronald Weldon Weber, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Ronald Weldon Weber, Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Ronald Weldon Weber, Sr. is highlighted in Jun.
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