Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff John Bogard was shot and killed when he attempted to stop a train robbery. Sheriff Bogard was a passenger on the north bound Oregon express train when it was forced to stop between Wheatland and Reed Station and held up by two suspects. As one of the suspects was going from car to car robbing the passengers, he was confronted by Sheriff Bogard, who was forced to shoot and kill him when he pointed his gun at the Sheriff. The other suspect, who was standing guard outside, quickly entered the car behind Sheriff Bogard and shot him in the back. Several weeks later Sheriff Bogard's killer was captured in Yolo County. He was convicted of first degree murder on November 19, 1895, and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in the 1930s.
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Tributes
131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sheriff Bogard gave the Tehama County Sheriff's Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Red Bluff community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff John Jasper Bogard 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Jasper Bogard's cause is highlighted.
How John Jasper Bogard Compares
Offender Outcome
One shot and killed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. John Jasper Bogard is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. John Jasper Bogard was killed by gun; unknown type.