Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer James Jensen was shot and killed by friendly fire during a high-risk warrant service. The agency's tactical team was serving a warrant on a house where three heavily armed drug-ring leaders were believed to be located. Another officer, whose vision was obscured as the result of smoke grenades, mistook Officer Jensen for an armed suspect and opened fire on him with a shotgun. He was transported to a local hospital where he died a short time later. Officer Jensen, a U.S. Marine veteran who served as an MP, worked for the Oxnard Police Department for 4 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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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 II Jensen gave the Oxnard Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oxnard 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
James Rex Jensen, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer II James Rex Jensen, Jr. 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 Oxnard Police Department, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Rex Jensen, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How James Rex Jensen, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Rex Jensen, Jr. is highlighted in Mar.
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