Ofc. Gordon G. French
Laguna Beach Police Department


Date of Birth: Unk
Date Appointed: Unk
End of Watch: February 13, 1953
Gordon G. French was a forty-eight year old Police Officer for the City of Laguna Beach who was murdered on February 13, 1953. Officer French was unarmed and taken hostage by an escaping felon from the Laguna Beach police department. He was shot while attempting to overpower and subdue the suspect. The suspect subsequently committed suicide in the City of San Clemente.