Emma Benson

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. — Monterey Park, CA

Accident

End of Watch March 20, 1919

Age 42

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Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 119

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Emma Benson and Deputy Sheriff Harry Guard were killed when their department vehicle was struck by a Pacific Electric trolley on Telegraph Road at the Rio Hondo crossing.

The two deputies, along with a third deputy, were returning to the jail after delivering a mental patient to a hospital in Norwalk when their Model T collided with the trolley.

Deputy Benson had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for one year and was assigned to the Female Ward.

Thank you for your service and please know that no passage of time can ever erase your service and sacrifice. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) March 20th, 2021

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Benson served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Benson.

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

Agency

Department Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Monterey Park, CA

Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 20, 1919

Age 42

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Emma Benson 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 County Sheriff's Dept., 50 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

of 120 officers

41.7% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident