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Trooper

Carlos Jose Juan Borland

Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol — Carson City, NV

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 1, 1993

Age 25

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Badge 6432

The Vigil Panel 139 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Laid to Rest Department 9

Incident

Trooper Carlos Borland was shot and killed when he stopped a car on I-80, two miles east of Lovelock, Nevada, whose driver was wanted for not paying for gasoline at 8:50 pm. Unbeknownst to Trooper Borland, the suspect had just murdered two people in Texas, and the vehicle was stolen. Before stopping the car, Trooper Borland had requested a check on the plates, but the plates had not yet been entered into NCIC. As he approached the vehicle, the man pulled out a .38 caliber handgun and shot him in the head. A trucker reported the officer down, and he was taken to Washoe Medical Center in Reno, where he succumbed to his injuries. The suspect was apprehended later that day. The suspect had escaped from a North Carolina jail on November 16th. He was convicted of Trooper Borland's murder and sentenced to death. He died while on death row. Trooper Borland was a United States Army veteran who served with the Nevada Highway Patrol for one year and was assigned to Lovelock.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents.

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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.
Trooper Borland gave the Nevada Department of Public Safety 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Nevada, 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 Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Carson City, NV

Platform Identity ndpsnhp.nv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 1, 1993

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 25

Badge Number 6432

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Laid to Rest Arlington National Cemetery · January 25, 1994

Military Service

Carlos Jose Juan Borland served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Carlos Jose Juan Borland is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In NV, 82 of 146 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 56.2% of this state's fallen. That is 56.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol, 6 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol

of 10 officers

60% Felonious

NV — Statewide

of 146 officers

56.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious