JAMES JOSEPH SLATER

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 20-W: 24
Department: Spokane County, Washington, S.O.
End of Watch: August 29, 2003
Cause: AUTO
Age: 41
Years of Service: 3
Description: Deputy Slater was killed in an automobile accident while en route to back-up a fellow officer who was pursuing a stolen vehicle. While attempting to negotiate a curve, Deputy Slater's patrol car crashed into a utility pole and flipped over four times. Deputy Slater was flown to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
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