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Brent C. Jenkins
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Deputy Sheriff

Brent C. Jenkins

Riverside County Sheriff's Department — Riverside, CA
Accident
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End of Watch March 18, 2003
Age 45
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 26

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Brent Jenkins was killed in an automobile crash while on patrol at about 4:30 am.

He was driving on I-10, just east of Beaumont Avenue, when his 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe patrol vehicle went out of control. His vehicle went down an embankment and struck a tree. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately 30 minutes later. Deputy Jenkins was wearing his seatbelt and shoulder harness at the time of the accident.

Deputy Jenkins was assigned to San Gorgonio Pass.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and six children.

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

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

Agency

Department Riverside County Sheriff's Department
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Riverside, Riverside County, CA
Platform Identity rcso.riverside.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 18, 2003
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Brent 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 2003, 80 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 27th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Brent was 45. 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
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

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

Every cause
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His people

Riverside County Sheriff's Department has 27 officers remembered here, Brent among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Brent C. Jenkins

Riverside County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch March 18, 2003

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-E

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