Houston Ryan Tipping
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Houston Ryan Tipping

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Accident
End of Watch May 29, 2022
Age 32
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Houston Tipping succumbed to injuries sustained three days earlier during a training scenario at the Elysian Park Police Academy.

He was participating in a defensive tactics scenario with another officer when he fell and suffered a spinal cord injury. Other officers immediately began CPR before he was transported to a local hospital. He succumbed to his injuries on May 29th, 2022.

Officer Tipping had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for five years and was assigned to the Devonshire Division.

Survivors

He is survived by his parents, stepfather, and two siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Tipping gave the Los Angeles Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Tipping.

— 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 May 29, 2022
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Training accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Houston is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 2022, 60 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 73rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Houston was 32. 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. Houston had served 5 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

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. 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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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Houston Ryan Tipping

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch May 29, 2022

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-W

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