Deputy Michael L.Cole
End of Watch: February 26, 1991

Deputy Cole was killed while responding to a call involving livestock on the road. He lost control of his patrol car and crashed. He was 33 years old and is survived by his wife and three sons.

Deputy Ora Clyde Owen
End of Watch: October 22, 1961

Deputy Owen was killed in South Lake Tahoe by a drunk driver. Deputy Owen had been involved in a vehicle accident and was directing traffic. An off duty Deputy happened to be going by and was asked by Dep. Owen to help in directing traffic and setting out flares, while they awaited the arrival of CHP and a tow truck. The two deputies had just put out additional flares when the sound of screeching tires rang out. As the off duty deputy turned to see what the commotion was about, he saw Deputy Owen hit by a vehicle, and tumbling through the air. Deputy Owen died at the scene.

Deputy Joseph Staples
End of Watch: July 1, 1864

A group of outlaws had robbed the Comstock stages on the Placerville Road. A posse was formed at the Cary House in Placerville. Deputy Staples, a well-liked Irishman who lived in Coloma and was a member of the Neptune Company of the Placerville fire brigade, would lead the team. Staples, Van Eaton and Ranney rode south to Diamond Springs, where they turned east and began working their way along the Pleasant Valley Road. Deputy Staples discovered the robbers held up in the Somerset House, a large hotel on the north fork of the Cosumnes River where they spent the night. In the morning, two of Sheriff Rogers' deputies, Joseph Staples and George Ranney, rode up asking Mrs. Reynolds, the proprietor, if she had seen any strangers around. She nodded her head and motioned them to a side door. Deputy Staples rushed into the room yelling, "You men are all my prisoners!" whereupon he was met by a barrage of gunfire, killing him instantly.