Line of Duty Deaths
On July 23, 2012, Officer Chad Morimoto became the Honolulu Police Department's 45th Officer to lose his life in the line of duty, which occurred during a motorcade training exercise. Officer Garret Davis, died on Jan 23, 2012, while helping a stranded motorist on the left shoulder of the H-1 freeway. Prior to this loss, Officer Eric Fontes died on September 13, 2011, when struck by a pickup truck on the Farrington Highway during a routine traffic stop. Officer Steve Favela, an 8-year veteran, died November 26, 2006, five days after sustaining critical injuries when he lost control of his police motorcycle while escorting the motorcade of President George W. Bush on rain-slickened roadways at Hickam Air Force Base.
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