David Stan Piquette

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

Felonious

End of Watch July 7, 2006

Age 34

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 119

Incident

Deputy Sheriff David Piquette was killed in an automobile crash on SR-91 while en route to the agency's academy.

A stove had fallen off of another vehicle on the highway and landed in a travel lane in the 3300 block of the Riverside Freeway. Several vehicles took evasive action to avoid striking the stove, including Deputy Piquette and a tractor-trailer. One of the trailers overturned and landed on top of Deputy Piquette's unmarked vehicle. He sustained fatal injuries in the collision.

The stove, and several other items, had just been stolen by the driver of the pickup that it fell off of. The driver fled the scene after the stove fell into the roadway. The man, who had a lengthy criminal history dating back to when he was 11 years old, was arrested and subsequently convicted of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to 26 years to life.

Deputy Piquette had served with Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 10 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and 3-year-old twins.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Piquette gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Piquette.

— 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 July 7, 2006

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Vehicular assault

Weapon Automobile

Offender Sentenced to 26 years to life

Deputy Sheriff David Stan Piquette 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 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 58 of 120 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 48.3% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

of 120 officers

48.3% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious