Officer Tom Coleman CHP San Bernardino
EOW: June 11, 2010
FUNERAL SERVICES
Services for CHP Officer Tom
Coleman will be held Thursday, June 17, at 10:00 a.m. at
Redlands Bowl, 25 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. A reception
is being planned for immediately following the funeral.
Officer Coleman (age 33) was killed in a crash on June 11,
while pursuing a fleeing suspect in Redlands. At
approximately 6:28 a.m., Officer Coleman initiated a traffic
stop on a silver Ford Focus for a traffic violation in the
city of Redlands. The Ford Focus fled from Officer Coleman,
committing numerous traffic violations at a high rate of
speed. Officer Coleman had his lights and siren activated.
As the suspect headed eastbound on San Bernardino Avenue
near Nevada Street, Officer Coleman advised that the suspect
was still at a high rate of speed. The CHP then began to
receive citizen 911 calls that a motorcycle officer had been
involved in a collision. CHP officers responded to the
intersection of San Bernardino Ave and Alabama Street to
find that Officer Coleman had been involved in a serious
traffic collision with a big rig truck in the intersection.
The suspect continued to flee eastbound on San Bernardino
Avenue. The suspect then turned southbound on Buckeye Street
and was involved in a collision at Lugonia Avenue near the
Citrus Plaza. Four suspects in the vehicle attempted to flee
on foot but were captured by CHP officers soon after.
Officer Coleman was pronounced deceased at the scene. He is
survived by his wife Jamie, their two-and-a-half year old
son, and 8 month old daughter, his mother and sister.
Officer Coleman was a seven-year veteran of the CHP.
The driver of the Ford Focus, Richard Perez (20) has been
charged with second-degree murder in the death of Officer
Tom Coleman.
Contribution information
for CHP Officer Tom Coleman is as follows:
CAHP CREDIT UNION San Dimas Branch
402 W. Arrow Hwy. Ste 7
San Dimas, CA 91773
800-451-2247
Make checks payable to:
JAMIE COLEMAN
ACCOUNT # 119677
Write on check: " TOM COLEMAN MEMORIAL FUND"
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