Eliot O. Daley
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Officer

Eliot O. Daley

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Felonious
End of Watch May 17, 1942
Age 26
Tour of Duty
The Vigil Panel 79 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Eliot Daley was killed when the patrol car he was riding in was struck by a drunk driver near Tormey Hill in Contra Costa County. He and his training officer were responding to an accident with injury call when a drunk driver crossed the center line and collided with their patrol car head-on, pushing it into a third car and causing it to flip over. Officer Daley was killed in the collision, and his training officer was seriously injured. The 35-year-old drunk driver was arrested and charged with felony drunk driving and negligent homicide. His trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Officer Daley had graduated from the academy only three weeks earlier.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, mother, brother, and sister.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Daley served with the California Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Daley.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Sacramento, CA
Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 17, 1942
Tour of Duty
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Eliot is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1942, 82 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 79th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Eliot was 26. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Eliot had served 0.1 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

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His people

California Highway Patrol has at least 120 officers remembered here, Eliot among them.

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Where

Officer Eliot O. Daley

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch May 17, 1942

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 16-E

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