Robert Russell McGuire

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

Felonious

End of Watch May 16, 1961

Age 48

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Gender Male

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Incident

Trooper Robert McGuire was killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver who was driving on the wrong side of a divided highway south of Las Vegas. Trooper McGuire was responding to an emergency call at the time the collision occurred. The 41-year-old subject was charged with involuntary manslaughter and other traffic charges. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to three months in jail.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper McGuire served with the Nevada Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Nevada. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper McGuire.

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

Agency

Department Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol

Location Carson City, NV

Platform Identity ndpsnhp.nv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 16, 1961

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

Offender Sentenced to 3 months

Trooper Robert Russell McGuire is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NV, 81 of 145 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55.9% of this state's fallen. That is 1.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

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 145 officers

55.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious