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Police Officer

Leonard Claude Tribble

West Miami Police Department — West Miami, FL

Accident Veteran

End of Watch October 18, 1958

Age 25

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Officer Leonard Tribble was killed in a motorcycle accident while escorting an ambulance to a hospital at 3:30 p.m. He was attempting to catch up with the ambulance to pass it and provide an escort when his motorcycle collided with a car at SW 61st Avenue at SW 8th Street. He was transported to a local hospital where he died 12 hours later. Officer Tribble was a U.S. Army veteran.

Survivors

He had been with the agency for four years and was survived by his expectant wife.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Tribble gave the West Miami Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the West Miami community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department West Miami Police Department

Location West Miami, FL

Platform Identity wmpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 18, 1958

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Leonard Claude Tribble served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Leonard Claude Tribble 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%.

West Miami Police Department

of 1 officers

100% 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. Leonard Claude Tribble'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 Leonard Claude Tribble Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service