Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Iowa
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Iowa 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)
26
7 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
8.1
2020 Census population
National Rank
#27
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
27%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Iowa.
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 Iowa agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2023 | Phoukham Tran | Senior Police Officer | Struck by vehicle | Des Moines Police Department |
| 2023 | Kevin M. Cram | Police Officer | Gunfire | Algona Police Department |
| 2022 | John K. Williams | Sergeant | Duty related illness | Coralville Police Department |
| 2022 | Austin W. "Melvin" Richardson | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Fremont County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | John L. Grampovnik | Deputy Sheriff | COVID19 | Allamakee County Sheriff's Department |
| 2022 | Michael E. German | Chief of Police | COVID19 | Prairie City Police Department |
| 2021 | Richard William Newkirk | Correctional Officer | COVID19 | Iowa Department of Corrections |
| 2021 | Theodore Lawrence Benda | Trooper | Automobile crash | Iowa State Patrol |
| 2021 | Broderick Richard Daye | Parole Officer | COVID19 | Iowa 5th Judicial District - Department of Correctional Services |
| 2021 | James Kyle Smith | Sergeant | Gunfire | Iowa State Patrol |
| 2021 | Robert Levi McFarland | Correctional Officer | Assault | Iowa Department of Corrections |
| 2021 | Lorena Yanira Schulte | Corrections Employee | Assault | Iowa Department of Corrections |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Iowa 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.