Florida Officers Killed In 2010
Brandon Lee Coates
United States > Florida > Orange County Sheriff’s Office > Deputy First Class Brandon Lee Coates Deputy First Class Brandon Lee Coates Orange County Sheriff’s Office EOW: December 8, 2010 Age: 27 / Tour: 4 years, 6 months Cause: Gunfire / Suspect: Committed suicide Deputy Brandon Coates was shot and killed while making …
Chad Allen Reed
Dixie County Sheriff’s Office EOW: January 14, 2010 Age: 33 / Tour of Duty: 13 Years Cause of Death: Gunfire (Handgun) Suspect Sentenced: life without parole Captain Chad Reed was shot and killed in a shootout with a man wanted for murdering two elderly women …
Craig A. Heber
Master Deputy Craig A. Heber Orange County Sheriff’s Office End of Watch: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Age: 48 / Tour: 28 years Cause: Heart attack Master Deputy Craig Heber suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a home alarm earlier in the day. Upon his arrival and examination …
James Louis Anderson, Jr.
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office EOW: January 14, 2010 Age: 44 / Tour of Duty: 5 Years Cause of Death: Automobile Accident Suspect: In Custody Deputy James Anderson was killed when his patrol car was struck head-on by a vehicle on Florida …
Melissa J. Powers
Monrow County Sheriff Office EOW: June 22, 2010 Age: 36 Tour of Duty: 3 Years 7 Months Cause of Death: Automible Accident Deputy Melissa Powers was killed in a single vehicle automobile accident on U.S. 1 at approximately 10:30 pm.While she was en route to locate …
David Lamar Curtis
Tampa Police Department EOW: June 29, 2010 Age: 31 / Tour of Duty 3 Years, 8 Months Cause of Death: Gunfire Suspect: In Custody Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab were shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest at a traffic stop. Officer Curtis stopped a vehicle …
Jeffrey Kocab
Tampa Police Department EOW: June 29, 2010 Age: 31/ Tour of Duty: 1 Year, 2 Months Cause of Death: Gunfire Subject: In Custody Officers Jeffrey Kocab and David Curtis were shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest at a traffic stop. Officer Curtis stopped a vehicle because it did …
Mark Alan Longway
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office EWO: September 21, 2010 Age: 48 / Tour of Duty: 6 Years Cause of Death: Automobile Accident Deputy Mark Longway was killed in a vehicle accident in downtown Tampa when his patrol car collided with a tractor trailer at the intersection of …
Wesley Richard Whitmore Jr.
Polk CountySheriff Office EOW: December 12, 2010 Age: 60 / Tour of Duty: 15 Years Cause of Death: Struck By A Vehicle Sergeant Wesley Whitmore was struck and killed by a vehicle in the parking lot of a convenience store in Winter Haven. The elderly driver of an …