* Burbank Patrolman Richard E. Kunkle died...
* Burbank Patrolman Richard E. Kunkle died Sept. 22, 1961, after
being struck by a car while riding his motorcycle.
* Burbank Patrolman Joseph R. Wilson died June 17, 1961, after
being struck by a drunk driver who ran a red light.
* The last Burbank officer to be gunned down was Deputy City
Marshal Robert L. Normand, who died July 30, 1920, after being shot
by a suspect he was taking to jail. Norman died a year before the
Police Department was founded.
* The first law-enforcement slaying in Burbank occurred Nov. 16,
1914, when City Marshal Luther Colson was shot and murdered during an
ambush.