He is the 32nd officer to die in a traffic accident, and the 10th officer killed in a single-vehicle accident.

Yazzie’s death is the third law enforcement death this year, or the 12th worst year in Utah history.

1913 – 6
1987 – 5
1959 – 4
1895 – 3
1921 – 3
1924 – 3
1929 – 3
1945 – 3
1951 – 3
1994 – 3
2001 – 3
2010 – 3

Officers killed in June – 11

A total of five Native American officers have been killed in Utah.

Currently, there are two unsponsored bronze name plaques: Franco Aguilar and Joshua Yazzie.