Tina Frances Zapata-Kerbrat
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Police Officer

Tina Frances Zapata-Kerbrat

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Felonious
End of Watch February 11, 1991
Age 34
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Badge 27606
Gender Female

Incident

Police Officer Tina Zapata-Kerbrat was shot and killed after she and her training officer had stopped to talk to a man whom they had recognized as a possible criminal. They stopped the patrol car in front of him, and he immediately approached from the rear and opened fire while both officers were still in the patrol car. Officer Zapata-Kerbrat was killed before exiting the vehicle. The suspect, who had been thrown out of a bar the previous week and was planning on shooting the employees, was shot and killed by her training officer. Officer Zapata-Kerbrat was the first female officer to be killed in the line of duty with the Los Angeles Police Department. She had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for only ten months.

Survivors

She was survived by her husband, son, and daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Zapata-Kerbrat served with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Zapata-Kerbrat.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 11, 1991
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Age 34
Badge Number 27606
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Tina is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1991, 85 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 76th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Tina was 34. 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. Tina had served 0.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Tina among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Tina Frances Zapata-Kerbrat

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch February 11, 1991

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-W

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