Officer Rank: Patrolman
Department: El Monte, California, P.D.
End of Watch: 08/22/2004
Cause: Gunfire
Age: 63
Length of Service: 2
On June 18, 1970, Patrolman Long was shot while in pursuit of an armed suspect. Patrolman Long was paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the gunshot wound. Patrolman Long died of bladder cancer due to complications of paraplegia on August 22, 2004.