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Fallen Officer

Community-FO-3812

LeRoy Darst

Huntington Beach Police Department
Date of Birth: March 27, 1885
Date Appointed: October 8, 1928
End of Watch: October 12, 1928

On October 12, 1928, a rainy Friday morning, Officer W. L. Evans, a ten month member of the Force, and officer LeRoy Darst, with less than a week in police work, were driving South on Main Street approaching Crest Street en route to a reported traffic accident. The first rain of the season made driving treacherous, and as Officer Evans applied the brakes, the police car swerved across the street and collided with an oncoming car. Officer Darst was knocked unconscious and died from a skull fracture a short time later. LeRoy who was 43 years old, was survived by his wife, Helen.