Gary A. Nelson, was a thirty-five year old Anaheim Police Officer and helicopter pilot. He was piloting the department’s helicopter and conducting an Air-Borne narcotics surveillance on August 15, 1975, when his helicopter crashed. He was killed and his observer was injured.

Jerry S. Hatch, a twenty-three year old Fullerton Police Officer died on June 30, 1975. Officer Hatch had been helping to extinguish a vehicle fire at Beach Boulevard and the 91 Freeway. He was replacing equipment into the trunk of his car when he was struck by another vehicle. The driver was later determined to have been intoxicated.

Officers Frederick W. Enright and Adolfo M. Hernandez were patrolling in the CHP helicopter at 2:45 p.m. when it crashed and burned in the Fremont area east of Highway 17. Enright, the 31-year-old pilot, and Hernandez. the 35-year-old observer were both killed instantly. Witnesses said the helicopter went into a steep dive, and when approximately 50 to 75 feet off the ground, flipped over and then crashed. Investigation into the cause of the accident determined there was a mechanical failure in the controls that affected the pilot’s ability to control the horizontal attitude of the aircraft. Officer Enright was a member of the Patrol for four years and Officer Hernandez was a member for five years.

Officers Frederick W. Enright and Adolfo M. Hernandez were patrolling in the CHP helicopter at 2:45 p.m. when it crashed and burned in the Fremont area east of Highway 17. Enright, the 31-year-old pilot, and Hernandez. the 35-year-old observer were both killed instantly. Witnesses said the helicopter went into a steep dive, and when approximately 50 to 75 feet off the ground, flipped over and then crashed. Investigation into the cause of the accident determined there was a mechanical failure in the controls that affected the pilot’s ability to control the horizontal attitude of the aircraft. Officer Enright was a member of the Patrol for four years and Officer Hernandez was a member for five years.

Ventura College Police Officer James J. Doyle, 24, was shot and killed while on patrol on Sunday, March 23, 1975. Doyle had apparently been checking campus buildings, in the wake of a rash of burglaries and break-ins. Officer Doyle was a full-time administration of justice student at Ventura College, in addition to working as the newest and youngest member of the college police department.

Carl Russell Carson, a Ventura College student and son of a math instructor on campus, was arrested and convicted for the murder of Officer Doyle. Carson had taken Doyles duty revolver and patrol car after the attack. When Carson was arrested in Twin Falls, Idaho, 3 days later, he was driving a stolen truck, and was in possession of Officer Doyle’s .357 Magnum revolver.

Before coming to Ventura College, Officer Doyle had served as a military police sergeant in the U.S. Army, and hoped to eventually become a deputy sheriff.

Officer Robert A. Phillips was patrolling on his motorcycle when the rear tire blew out causing him to lose control. Phillip’s motorcycle spun around throwing him to the ground and killing the 29-year-old patrol officer instantly. Officer Phillips had been a member of the CHP for eight years.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Darden Hollis, a fifteen-year veteran of the Department, was assigned to the West Hollywood Station at the time of his murder. Deputy Hollis, 42 years-of-age, was shot to death early New Year’s Day in West Hollywood by a man who grabbed his revolver during a struggle with deputies and began firing. Two other deputies were wounded. Deputies John Day, 27, and Gene Leschinsky, 44, recovered from their wounds. Philip Lenford Allen, 19, of Los Angeles was charged with the murder of Deputy Hollis and the attempted murder of the other deputies. Deputy Hollis served three years in the Army during the Korean War. He had been married for four years. He and his wife Mary had no children.