Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Minnesota
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Minnesota 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)
30
4 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
5.3
2020 Census population
National Rank
#43
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
40%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2025 | Felicia Dee Reilly | Police Officer | Assault | Saint Paul Police Department |
| 2024 | Jamal Mitchell | Police Officer | Gunfire | Minneapolis Police Department |
| 2024 | Paul Elmstrand | Police Officer | Gunfire | Burnsville Police Department |
| 2024 | Matthew Henke Ruge | Police Officer | Gunfire | Burnsville Police Department |
| 2023 | Josh Owen | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Pope County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Eric William Groebner | Police Officer | Duty related illness | Anoka Police Department |
| 2022 | Dallas Ryan Edeburn | Deputy Sheriff | Heart attack | Ramsey County Sheriff's Department |
| 2021 | Jayme Williams | Deputy Sheriff | COVID19 | Itasca County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Ronald William Smith | Police Officer | COVID19 | New York Mills Police Department |
| 2021 | Lee Michael Hackbarth | Corrections Officer II | COVID19 | Minnesota Department of Corrections |
| 2021 | Charlie Louis Banks, Jr. | Police Officer | COVID19 | Deerwood Police Department |
| 2021 | Sarah Ann Grell | Conservation Officer | Automobile crash | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Minnesota 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.