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Sergeant

Danny L. Tunney

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ

Felonious

End of Watch July 26, 1990

Age 47

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Badge 1437

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Gender Male

Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 46

Incident

Sergeant Danny Tunney and Sergeant John Domblisky were killed when a vehicle crossed over the median and struck their vehicle head-on in the 11000 block of North Seventh Street. The 34-year-old driver of the other vehicle was under the influence of cocaine at the time of the incident. An investigation also revealed he was dialing a number on his cell phone. The driver, a Phoenix attorney, was driving with a revoked license, stemming from a DUI related accident that happened eight months earlier. He was on his way to court over issues with that DUI accident when the accident occurred. The suspect was released after posting bond but went back to jail a few days later after he assaulted a bartender in a bar. He posted another bond but went back to jail again after trespassing at a local drug store. He remained in jail until his trial in early 1991. He was convicted of two counts of negligent homicide, fined $10,000, ordered to pay a unknown amount to the families, and sentenced to 8 years. His license to practice law was also suspended. He was released on December 2, 1995, and died in 2000. Sergeant Tunney is survived by his wife and five children. He was responsible for forming a bicycle squad in the Phoenix Police Department.

Survivors

Sergeant Tunney is survived by his wife and five children.

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23 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Tunney gave the Phoenix Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Tunney.

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

Agency

Department Phoenix Police Department

Type Other

Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 26, 1990

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Age 47

Badge Number 1437

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Danny is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1990, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Danny was 47. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Danny had served 23 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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.

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