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Patrolman

Rodolfo "Rudy" Ledezma

Clovis Police Department — Clovis, NM

Cardiac Veteran →

End of Watch May 28, 1995

Age 42

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Patrolman Rudy Ledezma suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to stop a suspect wanted for assaulting a police officer the previous week.

He was on patrol when he spotted the suspect's car on Manana Boulevard at approximately 1:35 pm. He radioed dispatch as he turned around to stop the vehicle. As he attempted to catch the vehicle, he suffered a heart attack causing his patrol car to crash into a wall and a parked car. He was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead one hour later.

Patrolman Ledezma was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the first Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm.

Survivors

He had served with the Clovis Police Department for three years and is survived by his wife, son, and three daughters.

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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.
Patrolman Ledezma gave the Clovis Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Clovis community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Clovis Police Department

Location Clovis, NM

Platform Identity cpd.curry.nm.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 28, 1995

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 42

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Rodolfo "Rudy" Ledezma served in the Air Force (1971â1980) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Rodolfo "Rudy" Ledezma is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NM, 6 of 193 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.

Clovis Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

NM — Statewide

of 193 officers

3.1% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Rodolfo "Rudy" Ledezma'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 Rodolfo "Rudy" Ledezma Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service