DANIEL TAKASHI SAKAI
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 22-W: 27
Department: Oakland, California, P.D.
End of Watch: March 21, 2009
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 8
Description: Sergeant Sakai and Sergeant Ervin Romans were shot and killed while participating in a SWAT mission to break into an apartment in which a suspect had barricaded himself. The suspect had earlier shot and killed Sergeant Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege during a traffic stop and then fled to the apartment. Officers tried to negotiate with the suspect, but the attempt failed and the SWAT team was called. Sergeant Romans and Sergeant Sakai were shot and killed during the SWAT operation. The suspect was killed when officers returned fire.
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