LAPD veteran officer dies during dive training exercise in Huntington Beach

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department died after a training exercise on Thursday in Huntington Beach, the New York Post reported. Officer Thomas Daniel Denton suffered a medical emergency around 11 a.m. during a dive team training exercise. [1]

Huntington Beach firefighters responded to the scene, according to the New York Post. Denton was then taken to Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, where he died. Authorities have not yet stated what caused the emergency. [1]

Denton served with the LAPD starting in 2006, the New York Post reported. He was assigned to the Metropolitan Division, a specialized tactical support and crime-suppression unit within the department. [1][3]

The LAPD Metropolitan Division was formed in 1933 under the Special Operations Group [3]. It manages specialized tactical, crime suppression, mounted, and K-9 units [3]. As FTMQ News reported earlier, another military training incident occurred on November 3, 2026, when an American Marine died during an exercise in Okinawa, Japan. [3][5]