Charlene Marie Rottler
Deputy Sheriff

Charlene Marie Rottler

Accident
End of Watch January 3, 2010
Age 68
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
The Vigil Panel 158 ›
Gender Female

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Charlene Rottler succumbed to injuries sustained on November 5th, 1972, when the patrol car she was riding in was involved in a crash at the intersection of Altadena Drive and Santa Anita Avenue in Altadena.

Another vehicle ran through a stop sign at a high rate of speed and collided with the patrol car. Deputy Rottler was left permanently disabled and her health continued to deteriorate until she succumbed to her injuries.

Deputy Rottler had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for seven years.

Survivors

She was survived by her two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Rottler gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Rottler.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch January 3, 2010
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 68
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

The Sacrifice · Accident

Charlene 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 2010, 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

Charlene was 68. 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. Charlene had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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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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Her people

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

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Charlene Marie Rottler

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch January 3, 2010

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-W

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