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Michael V. Wigderson
Reserve Deputy Sheriff

Michael V. Wigderson

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department — Monterey Park, CA
Accident
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End of Watch March 20, 1967
Age 29
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 119

Incident

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Michael Wigderson was accidentally shot and killed during a training exercise at the Reserve Academy at 1060 North Eastern Avenue in Los Angeles. The exercise involved Reserve Deputy Wigderson and another reserve deputy making a felony traffic stop. When the instructor who was driving the target vehicle stopped, he jumped out and fired a .22 caliber revolver several times. Two of the rounds struck Deputy Wigderson and a third round struck the other deputy. Deputy Wigderson succumbed to his wounds while being transported to a local hospital. It was later determined that the instructor believed that the revolver had been loaded with blanks, but had failed to fully inspect the ammunition in the gun prior to using it.

Survivors

Deputy Wigderson was survived by his wife, parents, and sister.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Wigderson served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Wigderson.

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

Agency

Department Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Type Other
Location Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 20, 1967
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Michael 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 1967, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Michael was 29. 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.

Age at death
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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 County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Michael among them.

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Where

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Michael V. Wigderson

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch March 20, 1967

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 17-E

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