Manuel Lopez, Jr.

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety — Sunnyvale, CA

Accident

End of Watch March 3, 1987

Age 29

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Badge 136

The Vigil Panel 131 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Officer Manny Lopez was responding to a burglary call when his patrol car collided with a train around 1:30 a.m. at the North Mary Crossing in Sunnyvale. He was transported to Stanford University Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. The alarm he was responding to had been accidentally triggered by a janitor. Officer Lopez had served with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety for over three years and previously served with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife, who also served in law enforcement, and his parents.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Lopez gave the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Lopez.

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

Agency

Department Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety

Location Sunnyvale, CA

Platform Identity sdps.santaclara.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 3, 1987

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 29

Badge Number 136

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Manuel Lopez, 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 Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety

of 5 officers

60% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident