Roll of Honor
Daniel James Leach
Incident
Correctional Officer Daniel Leach was killed in an automobile crash on U.S. 95, one mile north of Searchlight, at approximately 5:45 am.
He was driving a prisoner transport van from the Clark County Detention Center to the Tucker Holding Facility to pick up prisoners when the vehicle collided with a semi truck that pulled into his path from a side street.
Officer Leach had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 25 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
Correctional Officer Leach gave the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Las Vegas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Leach.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Daniel James Leach 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 NV, 40 of 145 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 8 of 24 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel James Leach's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel James Leach Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel James Leach is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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