Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Edward Davenport suffered fatal injuries after falling from a ladder at the department's firing range.
Corporal Davenport, who served as the department's Range Master, was performing maintenance on an outdoor section of the range when he fell from the ladder and suffered a serious head injury. Another officer found him on the ground at 3:15 pm in full cardiac arrest and performed CPR until medical units arrived. Corporal Davenport was transported to Los Alamitos Medical Center, where he died the following day from head and internal injuries sustained in the fall.
Corporal Davenport had been employed with the Long Beach Police Department for 40 years and had been a member of the SWAT team for 30 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
40 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Davenport gave the Long Beach Police Department 40 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Long Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Davenport.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Edward Roy Davenport 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 Long Beach Police Department, 14 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward Roy Davenport's cause is highlighted.
How Edward Roy Davenport Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward Roy Davenport is highlighted in Feb.
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