Officer Albert G. Smalley

Officer Albert G. Smalley

End of Watch: 

April 7, 1920

Age: 19
Ogden Police Department
Accidental: Motorcycle


Officer Smalley became the first Utah police officer to die from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. 

On November 9, 1919, Officer Smalley was patrolling for a stolen vehicle near the mouth of Ogden Canyon when he was sideswiped by a passing motorist. Officer Smalley suffered a fracture of his left thigh in the accident. He was transported to a hospital where he died of an infection five months later. Officer Smalley was single. At the time of his death, he was just 19, making him the youngest police officer to be killed in the line of duty in Utah. He is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery.

The bronze memorial name plaque of Officer Albert G. Smalley is sponsored by the Ogden Police Benevolent Association.

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