CHP Bakersfield remembers first CHP officer killed in the line of duty

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Highway Patrol Bakersfield office is remembering the agency’s first officer killed in the line of duty.

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Officials with CHP said on social media that Officer Howard Garlinger was killed in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Niles and Haley streets on Oct. 30, 1929.

Officer Garlinger was taken to San Joaquin Hospital where he was pronounced dead before his arrival. He served as a CHP officer for four years.

He is buried at Union Cemetery.

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CHP Bakersfield remembers first CHP officer killed in the line of duty

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