Officer Donald F. Reed

End of Watch
June 7, 1980

Biography
Donald Reed began his law enforcement career as a Garden Grove police officer in 1977. Don Reed quickly earned a reputation as a streetwise police officer with an expertise in narcotics. On June 7, 1980, Officer Reed and three other officers entered the Cripple Creek Bar to serve a felony arrest warrant on a man in the bar. Officer Reed talked to the subject and began to escort him to the back door to prevent an incident inside the bar. As they walked out the door, the man turned and fired a semi-automatic handgun and struck Officer Reed in the chest, fatally wounding him.