Roll of Honor
Incident
Undersheriff Jacka was electrocuted while searching for two men. He located the bodies of the two men and found they had been electrocuted by a downed power line. As he approached the two in the darkness he also came into contact with the power line and was killed.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Undersheriff Jacka served with the Barton County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Great Bend community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff Jacka.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Undersheriff Alfred E. Jacka is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alfred E. Jacka's cause is highlighted.
How Alfred E. Jacka Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Alfred E. Jacka is highlighted in Nov.