Reserve (Auxiliary) Deputy Patten, 28, was shot while working a roadblock on Casitas Pass Road.

The suspects in a $150 liquor store robbery shot Patten to avoid being caught. The three suspects were caught in Bakersfield six days later and prosecuted.

Bryce was a full-time history teacher at Ventura High School. His students described him as a teacher you liked to work for.

Fellow officers described him as a man you liked to work with. He donated many hours to improve his patrol skills, and served the kids in the community as their cub scout master.

Officer Robert D. Dale was patrolling along a rural two-lane road in Orange County. He had just passed a vehicle and was negotiating a sharp turn when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid into the path of an oncoming pick-up truck. Dale’s motorcycle struck the left front of the vehicle, killing the 25-year-old patrol officer instantly. He had served with the CHP for two years and had been assigned to the Anaheim Area office since graduation in 1958.

Officer Richard D. Duvall’s last radio message was, “I’m chasing a fast one.” Duvall did not know that the motorist on U.S. Highway 66 outside Victorville was an escaped felon driving a stolen car and wanted for armed robbery. As soon the vehicle was pulled over, the ex-convict opened fire, killing the 26-year-old patrolman. Duvall had served less than two years with the Patrol. His death was instrumental in CHP Commissioner Brad Crittenden’s decision to require that officers pair up on the graveyard shift and parts of the evening shift.

Officer Leonard W. Winney was pursuing a speeding motorist on the Santa Ana Canyon Road in Orange County when his motorcycle crashed into a heavy gravel truck that made a left turn across the highway. The truck driver, according to investigators, did not see the motorcycle and the officer did not have time to stop. Winney, 27, was a member of the CHP for three years and had served two years in the Anaheim Area office.