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    Placer County LEMA represents the public safety managers of the Placer County Sheriff’s & District Attorney’s Offices. Read More


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President's Message

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Jul 27, 2022 |

I am honored and humbled to be the inaugural President representing Placer County Sheriff Captains, Lieutenants, and Placer County Supervising District Attorney Investigators. Over these years we have seen big changes in our respective professions and the PCLEMA board and I could not be more proud to be your chosen representatives. Our goal is to ensure your benefits are competitive and commensurate with the excellent job you do for public safety in our county. We are committed to making sure our members receive fair wages, competitive benefits, excellent working conditions, and most importantly the ability to be engaged.

We are a professional organization that prides ourselves on our ability to collaborate and we will never forget those who laid the foundations for us to build upon. Read More

Tribute to Fallen Officers

Michael Davis

Detective Michael David Davis Jr.

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Oct 24, 2014

On October 24th, 2014, a resident of the City of Auburn called the Sheriff's Office after seeing a suspicious vehicle, occupied by a man and woman,...

Timothy Ruggles

Reserve Deputy Timothy Ruggles

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Feb 9, 1986

On February 9, 1986, Deputy Timothy Ruggles was killed in an automobile accident on Laird Road in Loomis while he and his partner were responding to...

James Machado

Deputy Sheriff James E. Machado

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Jul 13, 1978

On July 13, 1978, Deputy James Machado was shot and killed with his own service weapon during a struggle with an escaped mental patient in Auburn...

Arden Webster

Deputy Sheriff Arden Webster

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Jul 14, 1965

Deputy Arden Webster died during the early morning of July 14, 1965. He had made a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Roseville when he was struck and...

Charles Carter

Constable Charles Henry Carter

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Apr 15, 1956

Placer County Constable Charles Henry Carter was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing burglary suspects on April 15, 1956.

Richard Sheppard

Deputy Sheriff Richard Alfred Sheppard

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Sep 6, 1955

Placer County Deputy Sheriff Richard A. Sheppard was killed in an automobile accident on September 6, 1955, while pursuing a stolen vehicle in Tahoe...

William Elam

Sheriff William Elam

EOW: Oct 1, 1951

Sheriff William Elam was killed on October 1, 1951 when his vehicle left the roadway and plunged down a 100-foot embankment near Dollar Hill in the...

Frank Dependener

Deputy Sheriff Frank H. "Big Dip" Dependener

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Feb 20, 1928

On February 20, 1928 the Placer County Sheriff’s Office lost one of its most famous law men when Deputy Frank H. “Big Dip” Dependener was...

George Martin

Deputy Sheriff George Moorman Martin

EOW: Jul 11, 1859

Deputy George Martin was murdered in the line of duty on July 11, 1859. Several deputies, including Deputy Martin, came under fire from the infamous...

Houston Tipping

Police Officer Houston Ryan Tipping

Los Angeles Police Department (CA) EOW: May 29, 2022

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

Michael Davis

Detective Michael David Davis Jr.

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Oct 24, 2014

On October 24th, 2014, a resident of the City of Auburn called the Sheriff's Office after seeing a suspicious vehicle, occupied by a man and woman,...

Timothy Ruggles

Reserve Deputy Timothy Ruggles

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Feb 9, 1986

On February 9, 1986, Deputy Timothy Ruggles was killed in an automobile accident on Laird Road in Loomis while he and his partner were responding to...

James Machado

Deputy Sheriff James E. Machado

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Jul 13, 1978

On July 13, 1978, Deputy James Machado was shot and killed with his own service weapon during a struggle with an escaped mental patient in Auburn...

Arden Webster

Deputy Sheriff Arden Webster

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Jul 14, 1965

Deputy Arden Webster died during the early morning of July 14, 1965. He had made a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Roseville when he was struck and...

Charles Carter

Constable Charles Henry Carter

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Apr 15, 1956

Placer County Constable Charles Henry Carter was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing burglary suspects on April 15, 1956.

Richard Sheppard

Deputy Sheriff Richard Alfred Sheppard

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Sep 6, 1955

Placer County Deputy Sheriff Richard A. Sheppard was killed in an automobile accident on September 6, 1955, while pursuing a stolen vehicle in Tahoe...

William Elam

Sheriff William Elam

EOW: Oct 1, 1951

Sheriff William Elam was killed on October 1, 1951 when his vehicle left the roadway and plunged down a 100-foot embankment near Dollar Hill in the...

Frank Dependener

Deputy Sheriff Frank H. "Big Dip" Dependener

Placer County Sheriff's Office EOW: Feb 20, 1928

On February 20, 1928 the Placer County Sheriff’s Office lost one of its most famous law men when Deputy Frank H. “Big Dip” Dependener was...

George Martin

Deputy Sheriff George Moorman Martin

EOW: Jul 11, 1859

Deputy George Martin was murdered in the line of duty on July 11, 1859. Several deputies, including Deputy Martin, came under fire from the infamous...

First Class Glenn Hilliard

Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard

Wicomico County Sheriff's Office (MD) EOW: Jun 12, 2022

Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard was shot and killed in Pittsville while attempting to arrest a man wanted on multiple felony warrants from several...

Justin Terry

Detective Justin Terry

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV) EOW: Jun 10, 2022

Detective Justin Terry was killed when a steel height-restriction beam fell onto his department vehicle on U.S. 95, near Route 215, at about 7:00 am...

Kyle Patterson

Senior Investigator Kyle Patterson

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FL) EOW: Jun 9, 2022

Senior Investigator Kyle Patterson succumbed to injuries sustained in a head-on collision on Okeechobee Road, near South Header Canal Road, in Fort...

Kennis Croom

Police Officer Kennis Croom

Meridian Police Department (MS) EOW: Jun 9, 2022

Police Officer Kennis Croom was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at the 2400 block of 51st Avenue in Meridian at 5:30 pm...

Christopher Fariello

Police Officer Christopher Fariello

Tallahassee Police Department (FL) EOW: Jun 8, 2022

Police Officer Christopher Fariello was killed when his patrol car was struck head-on at the intersection of Capital Circle NW and Northwest Passage...

Thomas Baker

Deputy Sheriff Thomas E Baker III

Nicholas County Sheriff's Department (WV) EOW: Jun 3, 2022

Deputy Sheriff Tom Baker was shot and killed after he and another deputy responded to a domestic disturbance in the Birch River area of the county. ...

Adrian Sr

Officer Adrian Lopez Sr

White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department (TR) EOW: Jun 2, 2022

Officer Adrian Lopez was shot and killed during a traffic stop on East Fork Road in Whiteriver, Arizona, at about 7:10 pm. An altercation occurred...

Houston Tipping

Police Officer Houston Ryan Tipping

Los Angeles Police Department (CA) EOW: May 29, 2022

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

Trainee Cody Alan Olafson

Officer Trainee Cody Alan Olafson

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border... EOW: May 20, 2022

Officer Trainee Cody Olafson died after suffering a medical emergency while training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick,...

Daniel Sincavage

Senior Correctional Police Officer Daniel Sincavage

New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJ) EOW: May 19, 2022

Senior Correctional Police Officer Daniel Sincavage was killed in a vehicle crash on Route 47 in Maurice River Township at about 10:45 pm. He and...

Yiu Tak Louis Tao

Supervisory Police Officer Yiu Tak Louis Tao

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation... EOW: May 17, 2022

Supervisory Police Officer Louis Tao died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at...

Daniel Salazar

Border Patrol Agent Daniel Salazar

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border... EOW: May 17, 2022

Border Patrol Agent Daniel Salazar was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Bell Valley Truck Trail near Campos, California. He was responding to...

Deputy Sheriff Jody Wayne Cash

Chief Deputy Sheriff Jody Wayne Cash

Calloway County Sheriff's Office (KY) EOW: May 16, 2022

Chief Deputy Jody Cash was shot and killed in front of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office at 52 Judicial Drive in Benton at 2:10 pm. Marshall...

Walter Donald Jenkins Jr

Deputy Sheriff Walter Donald Jenkins Jr

Rockdale County Sheriff's Office (GA) EOW: May 11, 2022

Deputy Sheriff Walter Jenkins was struck and killed at about 9:30 pm while directing traffic at the intersection of Highway 138 and Highway 212. He...

Robert Howard

Deputy Sheriff Robert Adam Howard

Harris County Sheriff's Office (TX) EOW: May 11, 2022

Deputy Sheriff Robert Howard was killed in a vehicle crash when his patrol car struck the back of a tractor-trailer that was parked on the left...

Nicholas Tullier

Sergeant Nicholas W Tullier

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office (LA) EOW: May 5, 2022

Sergeant Nick Tullier succumbed to injuries sustained six years earlier when he was ambushed by a subject outside a convenience store at 9611 Airline...

Mina

K9 Mina

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border... EOW: May 2, 2022

K9 Mina succumbed to a rattlesnake bite sustained the previous day while she and her handler were searching for a group of illegal aliens along the...

Nicholas Weist

Deputy Sheriff Nicholas D Weist

Knox County Sheriff's Office (IL) EOW: Apr 29, 2022

Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist was struck and killed by a vehicle as he deployed spike strips during a vehicle pursuit of an armed subject. Officers from...

Roy Barr

Police Officer Roy Andrew Barr

Cayce Police Department (SC) EOW: Apr 24, 2022

Police Officer Drew Barr was shot and killed as he and other officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home on Rossmore Drive at about...

James Critchelow

Deputy Sheriff James Jerry Critchelow

Ohio County Sheriff's Office (KY) EOW: Apr 20, 2022

Deputy Sheriff Jerry Critchelow died five days after suffering a heart attack while directing traffic on Route 231 in front of Ohio County High...

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