Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths

Utah

Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Utah 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)

1 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded

Per Million Residents

6.4

2020 Census population

National Rank

#38

of 51, by per-million

Gunfire Share

52%

Of displayed deaths

Deaths by Year

Line-of-duty deaths per year in Utah.

By Cause

Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.

Gunfire11 (50%)

Vehicular / Traffic6 (27%)

Other3 (14%)

Illness (non-COVID)1 (5%)

COVID-191 (5%)

By Agency Type

Which kinds of agency lost officers.

City / Municipal Police14 (64%)

County Sheriff5 (23%)

State Police / Highway Patrol2 (9%)

Other / Special1 (5%)

Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths

The most recent officers from Utah agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.


2025	Lee Sorensen	Sergeant	Gunfire	Tremonton-Garland Police Department
2025	Eric Estrada	Police Officer	Gunfire	Tremonton-Garland Police Department
2024	Bill Hooser	Sergeant	Vehicular assault	Santaquin Police Department
2021	J. Adam Ashworth	Police Officer	COVID19	St. George Police Department
2020	Nathan James Lyday	Police Officer	Gunfire	Ogden Police Department
2019	Joseph William Shinners	Master Police Officer	Gunfire	Provo Police Department
2018	David Paul Romrell	Police Officer	Vehicular assault	South Salt Lake Police Department
2018	Dennis Burt Vincent	Assistant Chief of Police	Duty related illness	Brigham City Police Department
2016	Eric Dale Ellsworth	Trooper	Struck by vehicle	Utah Highway Patrol
2016	Cody James Brotherson	Police Officer	Vehicular assault	West Valley City Police Department
2016	Douglas Scott Barney, II	Police Officer	Gunfire	Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake
2014	Cory Blake Wride	Sergeant	Gunfire	Utah County Sheriff's Office

Methodology

Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Utah 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.