Women Killed in Law Enforcement

Honor Roll 1996

In Loving Memory of
Our Fallen Sisters

Officer Noreen Allison VARGAS

California Highway Patrol Officer,
Sacramento, California, USA
Officer Vargas was killed on November 8th 1996. She was conducting follow up enquiries in the West Covina area, using her private vehicle, when it was struck by the rear tyres of a tractor trailer after it had shed its axle. The tyres crushed the roof of her vehicle and she died instantly. The first female CHP officer to die on duty, Noreen Vargas was based at the Baldwin Park CHP station. She was a very well known and popular officer who had served the Patrol for 7 years. She is survived by her 14 year old daughter.

Ineassie Maxie Baker
Youth Counselor
Dept. of Youth Authority, California
Sacramento, CA
Date of Death: 08/09/1996

Officer Sherry Goodman

Shelby County Sheriffs Office, Tennessee, USA

Officer Sherry Goodman was killed on July 26th 1996. She was working a single officer vehicle and made a traffic stop at 2.18am. Having established that the driver had outstanding warrants, she took him into custody. She secured him in the rear of her vehicle, at which time her backup car was diverted to another call. She transported the prisoner herself. During the journey, the prisoner shot her in the head from behind. Officer Goodman had served for 2 years and is survived by her husband and two teenage children.

Detective Sue Hill

Portland Police Department, Oregon, USA

Detective Hill was killed on July 18th 1996. She was a passenger on flight TWA800 which crashed shortly after takeoff from JFK International Airport, New York. Detective Hill had served for 20 years and at the time of her death was engaged on duties with the Homicide division of Portland PD.

Senior Constable Jane Kennaugh

Western Australian Police Service, Australia

Senior Constable Kennaugh was killed on July 1st 1996. Her police vehicle was involved in a collision and she sustained fatal injuries. A member of the force since 1986, she is the first female officer to have been killed on duty. She was 32 years old and is survived by her husband and two sons one aged 5 years and the other only 17 months old.

Officer Pauline Harness

Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia, USA

Officer Harness was killed on June 18th 1996. She was on patrol at Philadelphia International Airport and investigating a suspicious noise in a building. She was descending a metal staircase when she fell from it, fracturing her skull. Pauline Harness had served for 8 years and is survived by her husband and two young children.

Inspector Vanessa Carroll

West Midlands Police, Solihull, England.

Inspector Carroll was killed on 28th April 1996. She was on secondment to Bosnia, where she and other officers were helping restore normal policing to the region. Her vehicle swerved to avoid another on her side of the road and she was killed when thrown onto the roadway.

Deputy Stacia Suzanne Alyea

Shelby County Sheriff's Department, Indiana, USA

Deputy Alyea was killed on 18th April 1996. She was involved in a vehicle pursuit of a drunk driver when her vehicle was involved in a traffic accident. She is survived by her husband Cpt Dennis Alyea of the same department, and their three children.

Trooper Sandra Marie Wagner

Delaware State Police, Delaware, USA

Trooper Wagner was killed on April 5th 1996. Her patrol vehicle was struck by a tractor trailer as she was on patrol in Sussex County. Trooper Wagner was stationed with 5 Troop in Bridgeville.

PC Philippa Parish

Hampshire Constabulary, Winchester, England, UK

Constable Parrish was killed on March 13th 1996. A 29 year old, she had served for 9 years in Winchester and at the time of her death was a passenger in a patrol car responding to an emergency call. The vehicle swerved to avoid an object in the road, went out of control, and struck a wall.

Officer Lauritha Vaird

Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania,USA

Officer Vaird was killed on January 2nd 1996, becoming the year's first line of duty death. She was shot dead as she entered a bank in response to an opening time silent alarm. Instead of the usual false alarm at handover time, she was confronted by an armed raider. A nine year veteran, she leaves two young children.

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