Talk:San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department

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Department members Killed in the Line of Duty

The following members were also killed in the line of duty:

On October 19, 1907, while at home with his family in Daggett, Deputy William Smithson was advised of an altercation that had taken place at the American Borax Company Plant. The plant supervisor, Newton Millett, told Deputy Smithson he had been involved in an argument with an employee named Ed Silver regarding pay. During the argument, Silver struck Millet in the face.

At around dusk, Deputy Smithson, his assistant John Williams and Newton Millett approached Silver in the street in front of Millett’s home. Silver called out to Millet saying he needed to talk to him. Deputy Smithson approached Silver and said, “What’s the matter, Ed?” Without any provocation Silver suddenly swung his right arm out and shot Deputy Smithson five times in the upper body. Deputy Smithson was carried to the local billiard room by several of the towns’ people where he was attended to by a physician.

A special train was arranged to take Deputy Smithson to the Santa Fe Springs hospital in Los Angeles. However, his condition was too grave to allow for transportation, and Deputy Smithson died the morning of October 20, 1907. He left behind a wife and a seven-year-old daughter, Vivian.

On Saturday, May 23, 1959, at about 5:30 in the morning, Deputy William Litz was finishing up a graveyard shift out of the West End substation patrolling the then-unincorporated area of “Cucamonga”. Riding with Bill in his 1958 Ford patrol car was an Ontario Police reserve named Leland Graves.

Bill drove his unit southbound on Hellman Avenue and across Eighth Street. As he started to cross the railroad tracks his vehicle was struck by a Santa Fe freight train that was traveling about 55 miles per hour. In those days there were no crossing guards, but only signs which read “High Speed Trains”.

Both Bill and Leland Graves were thrown from the patrol car. An Upland Police Officer was first on-scene and both the Bill and Leland were transported to San Antonio Hospital. Bill was pronounced deceased at the hospital. Leland recovered from his injuries.

Bill was buried on May 27, 1959, at Crestlawn Memorial Park in Riverside.

Deputy William (Bill) Litz was 27 years of age at the time of his death. He left behind his wife, Merline and two young sons, William (Jack) and Michael. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.164.239.178 (talk) 17:49, 30 December 2014 (UTC)Deputy Paul Arce 170.164.239.178 (talk) 17:47, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

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should we add the section where they were criticized for shooting to death the child who was taken by by the dad who murdered his wife in Hesperia? 2603:8000:5000:E9D2:452D:BD7C:7A6A:161F (talk) 04:03, 1 December 2022 (UTC)