Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Colorado
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Colorado agencies, 2005 to 2026. Source: Officer Down Memorial Page. COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures.
Deaths (excl. COVID and 9/11)
49
8 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
8.5
2020 Census population
National Rank
#23
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
47%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Colorado.
By Cause
Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.
By Agency Type
Which kinds of agency lost officers.
Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths
The most recent officers from Colorado agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2024 | Evan Dunn | Police Officer | Vehicular assault | Golden Police Department |
| 2024 | Dale Coski | Patrol Officer | Struck by vehicle | Denver Police Department |
| 2023 | Michael Moran | Sergeant | Gunfire | Cortez Police Department |
| 2023 | Christine Guerin-Sandoval | Community Parole Officer | Vehicular assault | Colorado Department of Corrections |
| 2023 | Julian Becerra | Police Officer | Fall | Fountain Police Department |
| 2022 | Dillon Micheal Vakoff | Police Officer | Gunfire | Arvada Police Department |
| 2022 | Andrew Peery | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | El Paso County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Wayne Stephen Weyler | Sergeant | COVID19 | Mesa County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Joseph Andrew Pollack | Detective | COVID19 | Douglas County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Clay Zachary Livingston | Deputy Sheriff | COVID19 | Elbert County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Ty Alan Powell | Police Officer | COVID19 | Windsor Police Department |
| 2021 | Eric Joseph Scherr | Sergeant | COVID19 | Aurora Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Colorado agencies whose end of watch fell in 2005through 2026, K9 records excluded. Per-million uses 2020 Census population.
COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures because ODMP counts both as line of duty and each is a one-time-event tail. COVID dominated 2020 and 2021. The 9/11 cancers concentrate in New York for a 2001 event. Toggle either back on in the charts. Other illness such as heart attacks stays in.