Police Officer Tanja Brigitte King, Orlando Police Department, Florida

Police Officer Tanja Brigitte King

Orlando Police Department, Florida

End of Watch Thursday, May 18, 2000

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Tanja Brigitte King

Officer Tanja King was killed when her cruiser struck a light pole while she was responding to an emergency assistance call.

The collision caused the concrete light pole to fall on top of the cruiser, and trapped Officer King inside. Emergency crews were able to extricate her and she was flown to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Officer King was a member of the same unit as Officer George DeSalvia, murdered three months earlier while on duty.

Officer King had been in law enforcement for four years, and had been with the Orlando Police Department for two years. She is survived by her parents, sister, and three brothers.

Officer King has been memorialized in Orlando, Florida, with a park named Tanja King Memorial Park and also with a street named after her called Tanja King Boulevard.

Bio

Age 30
Tour 4 years
Badge 544

Incident Details

Cause Automobile crash

emergency response, single vehicle crash

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Tanja, you are still missed and part of a funny story I often share about our talks in the morning in the shared computer lab we had then. I also share the night it happened and having to respond to the scene and later to deliver the news to your Mom and Dad. So strange how lives intersect through a job we love and meet people we never would have known. I went to DC again and got to reflect on you, George, Bob, Al, Debra and Kevin. All who paid the last measure in my tenure. As your life may have been cut short, as we can all see here, your shadow is long and your inspiration carries on. We are all HONORED to have known Officer Tanja B. King!

Kevin
OPD

May 18, 2024