Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Houston Tipping succumbed to injuries sustained three days earlier during a training scenario at the Elysian Park Police Academy.
He was participating in a defensive tactics scenario with another officer when he fell and suffered a spinal cord injury. Other officers immediately began CPR before he was transported to a local hospital. He succumbed to his injuries on May 29th, 2022.
Officer Tipping had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for five years and was assigned to the Devonshire Division.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents, stepfather, and two siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Tipping gave the Los Angeles Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Tipping.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Houston Ryan Tipping 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 Police Department, 97 of 240 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Houston Ryan Tipping's cause is highlighted.
How Houston Ryan Tipping Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Houston Ryan Tipping is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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