Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Montana
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Montana 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)
11
No COVID-19 or 9/11 deaths recorded
Per Million Residents
10.1
2020 Census population
National Rank
#16
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
27%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Montana.
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 Montana agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2019 | Jacob Otto Allmendinger | Deputy Sheriff | Struck by vehicle | Gallatin County Sheriff's Office |
| 2017 | Mason Palmer Bethea Moore | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Broadwater County Sheriff's Office |
| 2014 | Joseph James Dunn | Deputy Sheriff | Vehicular assault | Cascade County Sheriff's Office |
| 2011 | Patrick Alan Pyette | Undersheriff | Struck by vehicle | Blaine County Sheriff's Office |
| 2010 | David James DeLaittre | Trooper | Gunfire | Montana Highway Patrol |
| 2010 | Robert Heinle | Police Officer | Gunfire | Missoula Police Department |
| 2009 | Michael Warren Haynes | Trooper | Vehicular assault | Montana Highway Patrol |
| 2008 | Evan Frederick Schneider | Trooper | Automobile crash | Montana Highway Patrol |
| 2007 | David A. Graham | Trooper | Automobile crash | Montana Highway Patrol |
| 2006 | David Leroy Briese, Jr. | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office |
| 2006 | Patrick Roy Kramer | Police Officer | Automobile crash | West Yellowstone Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Montana 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.