Howard Ellsworth Dallies, Jr.

Garden Grove Police Department — Garden Grove, CA

Felonious

End of Watch March 9, 1993

Age 36

Badge 126

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Master Officer Howard Dallies was shot and killed as he approached a motorcycle he had pulled over at 2:45 am in the 10100 block of Aldgate Avenue. Without warning, the motorcycle's driver turned and fired six shots at Master Officer Dallies, striking him four times. Officer Dallies died a few hours after being shot. The suspect was driving a stolen motorcycle with false tags from a similar bike. The suspect was finally arrested in July 1997, but the charges were dropped. Before joining the Garden Grove Police Department, he had served at least five years with the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the Placentia Police Department.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two young sons.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Master Officer Dallies served with the Garden Grove Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Garden Grove community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Officer Dallies.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Garden Grove Police Department

Location Garden Grove, CA

Platform Identity ggpd.orange.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1993

Age 36

Badge Number 126

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Charges dropped

Master Officer Howard Ellsworth Dallies, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 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 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Garden Grove Police Department, 4 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Garden Grove Police Department

of 6 officers

66.7% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious