Giovanni L. Gonzalez
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Police Officer

Giovanni L. Gonzalez

Accident
End of Watch June 16, 2009
Age 23
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Giovanni Gonzalez was killed when his patrol car collided with a dump truck on Florida's Turnpike near Southwest 152nd Street.

Officer Gonzalez had served with the Miami-Dade Police Department for one year.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-FL-01F238A1
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Police Officer Gonzalez gave the Miami-Dade Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Doral community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Gonzalez.

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

Agency

Location Doral, FL
Platform Identity mdpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 16, 2009
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Giovanni L. Gonzalez 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Miami-Dade Police Department, 5 of 10 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Miami-Dade Police Department
5
of 10 officers
50% Accident
FL — Statewide
313
of 1,008 officers
31.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Giovanni L. Gonzalez's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Giovanni L. Gonzalez Compares

Age at End of Watch
23
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Giovanni L. Gonzalez is highlighted in Jun.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location