Peace Officers Research Association of California

Officer Robert W. Winget
Ripon Police Department

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End of Watch: April 10, 2007

On Tuesday, April 10th Officer Bob Winget left from the Ripon Police Department enroute for his river patrol service at approximately 11:25 a.m.; a radio transmission was received at approximately 11:40 am, which department members believed could possibly have been Officer Winget. Patrol Officers and other Police Department personnel checked the area for Officer Winget and were unable to locate him.

The Ripon Police Department set up a Mobile Command Center at S. Stockton St. and Doak Blvd and began to assign Ripon Police, Fire, City Public Works and citizens in search grids to attempt to locate Officer Winget. At approximately 1:14 p.m., a Ripon Consolidated Fire District search crew located him unconscious along the river area, west of Highway 99. They immediately began C.P.R. on Officer Winget, brought in a 4 wheel drive rescue vehicle, which removed him from the area into a waiting Ripon Fire District Ambulance. He was transported by ambulance to Doctor’s Hospital in Modesto, where he was pronounced deceased at approximately 2:27 p.m., from traumatic injuries associated with the crash of his all-terrain vehicle. The Ripon Police Department has requested an independent investigation of the incident by the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department and the CHP. Circumstances at this point indicate it was a tragic accident that took Officer Winget’s life.

Officer Bob Winget, age 57, was a Marine Corps veteran and served in law enforcement for approximately 37 years with LAPD, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office, and the past 3 years as a member of the Ripon Police Department. He is survived by his wife and a son 35 years of age, and 3 daughters, 23, 19, and 16 years of age