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Douglas Scott Russell
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Douglas Scott Russell

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Felonious
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End of Watch July 31, 2007
Age 46
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Officer Douglas Russell was struck and killed while deploying stop sticks to stop a vehicle involved in a pursuit on Highway 50.

The pursuit began after Rancho Cordova police were dispatched to conduct a welfare check on a person in a brown four-door sedan parked on Horn Road. As officers approached the driver sped off, tossing items out of his vehicle. A police pursuit ensued proceeding eastbound Highway 50.

Officer Russell was deploying the spike strips at Highway 50 and Ponderosa Road when the car intentionally swerved and hit him. He was airlifted to the University of California Davis Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.

After striking Officer Russell the vehicle continued until officers were able to spin the car and stop it on Missouri Flat Road. The driver was taken into custody and transported to Sutter Roseville Medical Center. The suspect was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to death.

Officer Russell had served with the California Highway Patrol for 22 years and was assigned to the Placerville office.

The pursuit began after Rancho Cordova police were dispatched to conduct a welfare check on a person in a brown four-door sedan parked on Horn Road. As officers approached the driver sped off, tossing items out of his vehicle. A police pursuit ensued proceeding eastbound Highway 50.

Officer Russell had served with the California Highway Patrol for 22 years and was assigned to the Placerville office.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and mother.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Russell gave the California Highway Patrol 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Russell.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch July 31, 2007
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 46
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Vehicular assault
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Douglas is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 2007, 84 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 77th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Douglas was 46. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Douglas had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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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.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Officer Douglas Scott Russell

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch July 31, 2007

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 27-W

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