PAUL RICHARD STEVENS

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 17-W: 25
Department: Ripon, California, P.D.
End of Watch: January 28, 1972
Cause: PHYS
Age: 60
Years of Service: 18
Description: Sergeant Stevens stopped a motorist for outstanding warrants. The driver of the vehicle was searched and drugs were found. When Sergeant Stevens attempted to arrest the suspect, he was physically assaulted. Sergeant Stevens suffered a fatal heart attack during the assault and collapsed. Sergeant Stevens was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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