Curtis Clive Hagele
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Curtis Clive Hagele

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Accident
End of Watch March 10, 1980
Age 39
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
Badge 11389
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Curtis Hagele was accidentally shot and killed by friendly fire while attempting to arrest a robbery suspect. Detective Hagele and the SIS team were trailing a suspect and a female accomplice to the American Savings and Loan in Manhattan Beach, CA. The team took up hidden positions around the couple's car, suspecting the two were about to commit a holdup. When the suspect walked out of the bank, after taking an estimated $1,500 from a teller, the SIS team was waiting to close in on the robber. The suspect fled, firing at officers, and ran up a flight of stairs leading to the upper deck of a parking structure where his getaway car was parked. Detective Hagele, chasing after the suspect, was struck in the crossfire just before simultaneous shotgun blasts killed the suspect. Detective Hagele had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 17 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Hagele gave the Los Angeles Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Hagele.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 10, 1980
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 11389
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Curtis is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1980, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Curtis was 39. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Curtis had served 17 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Curtis among them.

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Where

Detective Curtis Clive Hagele

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch March 10, 1980

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 21-E

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