On December 12, 1934, Officer William J. Maclean was attempting to arrest a suspect on a warrant issued for passing bad checks. Maclean chased the suspect into a hotel where the suspect shot and killed him.

Officer William R. McDaniel, 36, was shot and killed by an ex-convict while he was investigating the scene of a wrecked vehicle which had earlier been driven and abandoned by the killer. McDaniel had intended to impound the car and was accompanied by a garage mechanic, Kenneth Davis, 29, when both were accosted by the ex-convict. Davis was shot and killed instantly. McDaniel returned fire, wounding the assailant, but was himself fatally shot. The killer of the pair fled, but was shot and killed by a sheriff’s posse.

Officer A. Donald Hoover was traveling along the Santa Cruz-Watsonville Highway, on a stretch known to locals as “Slaughterhouse Curve,” when his motorcycle collided with an automobile that pulled out from a side road and turned in front of the patrolman. Hoover, 31, sustained critical injuries and died without regaining consciousness. Officer Hoover was a distant relative of Herbert Hoover, the former President of the United States.

Officer Francis J. Perry was flung into a tree after both tires of his motorcycle blew while he was patrolling along Fair Oaks Boulevard near the H Street Bridge in Sacramento. The 28-year-old patrol officer had been a member of the CHP for three years.