Fallen Officers
Since the establishment of the Clackamas County sheriff's office, three officers have died in the line of duty.
- Sheriff John R. Shaver was shot and killed on April 30, 1906 while attempting to arrest the suspect wanted for murdering Oregon City Police Officer George Hanlon, one week earlier. After Sheriff Shaver was killed, hundreds of citizens were mobilized to find his assailant. He was confronted by one citizen who shot him in the head, killing him.
- On November 7, 1981, Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Lee Shoop had just finished writing a citation to a driver and was parked on the side of the road when a drunk driver struck his patrol car at an estimated 60 mph, killing him.
- On September 12, 2000, Deputy Sheriff William Douglas Bowman and ten other officers were participating in SWAT training when a live round was fired from another officer's weapon and he was shot in the head. Only dummy rounds were supposed to be used in the exercise.
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