1991

May 22, 1991 Deputy Sheriff Richard S. Cochran II King County Sheriff's Department, WA Officer Cochran was killed in an on duty motorcycle accident. He was struck from behind by a transit bus and then pushed into a van during a morning rush hour pileup. He had just been assigned to the motorcycle squad when the accident occurred. He had been with the agency for seven years and is survived by his wife, father and mother.

September 01, 1991 Officer William R. Jack Carlsbad Police Department, CA The frame around his police motorcycle license plate read, "One more ticket and I get the microwave."The 30-year-old traffic officer, known to his colleagues as Billy Jack and "Billy the Kid," died Sept. 1, 1991, of head injuries after being thrown from his motorcycle while on duty. He had been directing traffic after a labor Day weekend concert when he lost control of his motorcycle, hit a center divider, and crashed.