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Sergeant

Code W. Beverly, Jr.

San Francisco Police Department — San Francisco, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch January 28, 1972

Age 32

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Badge 1460

The Vigil Panel 109 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 105

Incident

Sergeant Code Beverly was shot and killed as he and his partner walked to their assigned post. As the officers approached the corner of 20th Street and Valencia Street, a suspect opened fire from a window with a rifle. Sergeant Beverly was killed, and his partner was wounded. The suspect then fled in a car, and he crashed into 2 parked cars six blocks away. He then fled on foot, rifle in hand. The suspect was later arrested in his apartment without incident. He told the arresting officers that he had recently lost his job and had received numerous traffic citations causing his license to be revoked. After drinking heavily all day, he lost control, and when he saw the officers walking down the street, he just opened fire. The suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life on August 2, 1972. He died in prison on February 19, 2001. Sergeant Beverly was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the San Francisco Police Department for 7 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 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.
Sergeant Beverly gave the San Francisco Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Francisco 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

Department San Francisco Police Department

Type Police Department

Location San Francisco, CA

Platform Identity sfpd.sf.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 28, 1972

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 32

Badge Number 1460

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Military Service

Code W. Beverly, Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Code W. Beverly, Jr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At San Francisco Police Department, 66 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62.3% of this agency's fallen.

San Francisco Police Department

of 106 officers

62.3% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious