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Constance Ellen Worland
Reserve Deputy Sheriff

Constance Ellen Worland

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department — Monterey Park, CA
Accident
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End of Watch May 2, 1981
Age 39
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
The Vigil Panel 124 ›
Gender Female
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 119

Incident

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Constance Worland was accidentally shot and killed by her partner following a call involving a man with a gun in a high-crime area around 4 p.m. After arriving at the scene, at 6 Ironwood Lane, the deputies were told the suspects had gone to another area of the housing complex. As the deputies got back into their patrol car, the shotgun discharged as it was being placed into the shotgun mount. The blast struck Deputy Worland in the side. Deputy Worland had served as a volunteer reserve deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for five years. A plaque honoring her service and sacrifice is in the main lobby of the Sheriff’s Communications Center in East Los Angeles. She was the first female reserve killed in the line of duty in the United States.

Survivors

A single mother, she was survived by her three daughters; ages 20, 17, and 16 at the time of her death.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Worland gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Worland.

— 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 May 2, 1981
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 39
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Constance is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1981, 63 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 68th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Constance 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. Constance had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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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Her people

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Constance among them.

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Where

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Constance Ellen Worland

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch May 2, 1981

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-E

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