Fallen Officers
Below you will find links to each of the fallen officers that have been remembered through this memorial. You can read more about them and even leave a response on their wall. We encourage you leave any thoughts, prayers, memories and anything else you want to put in memory of these heroes.
Officer Nathan J. Lyday
May 28, 2020
Officer Nathan J. Lyday was shot and killed while investigating a family fight.
Read MoreOfficer Joseph W. Shinners
January 5, 2019
Officer Joseph W. Shinners was shot while arresting a dangerous fugitive.
Read MoreOfficer David P. Romrell
November 24, 2018
Officer David P. Romrell was struck and killed by two suspects who were fleeing the scene of a burglary.
Read MoreAssistant Chief Dennis B. Vincent
October 26, 2018
After taking his annual physical fitness standards test, Assistant Chief Dennis B. Vincent collapsed after suffering what was later diagnosed as a catastrophic aneurysm and CVA (stroke).
Read MoreTrooper Eric D. Ellsworth
November 22, 2016
Trooper Eric D. Ellsworth died November 22, 2016, four days after being struck by a vehicle and critically injured while directing traffic around a low hanging powerline near Garland.
Read MoreOfficer Cody Brotherson
November 6, 2016
Officer Cody Brotherson was struck and killed during a police pursuit of a stolen car.
Read MoreOfficer Douglas S. Barney II
January 17, 2016
Officer Douglas S. Barney II was shot and killed January 17, 2016, while investigating a traffic crash near 2160 East 4500 South.
Read MoreSergeant Cory Wride
January 30, 2014
Sergeant Cory B. Wride was shot and killed while assisting a stranded motorist.
Read MoreSergeant Derek R. Johnson
September 1, 2013
Sergeant Derek R. Johnson was shot and killed while on uniformed patrol in the early morning hours of September 1, 2013.
Read MoreTrooper Aaron Beesley
June 30, 2012
Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron R. Beesley died from a fall during a search and rescue operation in Salt Lake County.
Read MoreOfficer Jared D. Francom
January 5, 2012
Officer Jared D. Francom was shot and killed while serving a “knock and announce” search warrant in the Ogden area.
Read MoreDeputy Brian B. Harris
August 26, 2010
Deputy Brian B. Harris was shot and killed while tracking a burglary suspect in the desert near Fredonia, Arizona.
Read MoreOfficer Joshua Yazzie
June 7, 2010
Officer Joshua Yazzie died when his patrol vehicle rolled 200 feet down an embankment on the side of Bottle Hollow Dam on the Ute Tribe reservation in Duchesne County.
Read MoreSergeant Franco R. Aguilar
April 29, 2010
Sergeant Franco R. Aguilar died instantly as the result of a fall from a freeway overpass.
Read MoreDeputy Josie Greathouse Fox
January 5, 2010
Deputy Josie Greathouse Fox was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Highway 50, one mile east of Delta.
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