Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Edward Dillard was killed in an automobile crash on Thornton Road seven miles northwest of Stockton. His police car was struck head-on while he was transporting a prisoner to the San Joaquin County Jail. The prisoner was critically injured but survived. The other driver was also killed. Constable Dillard had served in law enforcement for 26 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, a son, and six siblings.
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Tributes
26 years. You could have gone home.
Constable Dillard gave the Union Township Constable's Office 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the French Camp community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Dillard.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Edward H. Dillard 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward H. Dillard's cause is highlighted.
How Edward H. Dillard Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward H. Dillard is highlighted in Oct.