Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Delford Kay was killed in an automobile crash when his patrol vehicle ran off U.S. Route 160 on the Ute Mountain Reservation approximately 10 miles northeast of the Colorado-New Mexico border.
The crash site was not located for two days after the accident.
Officer Kay had served with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Police Department for eight months.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Kay served with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Towaoc community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Kay.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Delford H. Kay 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 CO, 101 of 360 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Delford H. Kay's cause is highlighted.
How Delford H. Kay Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Delford H. Kay is highlighted in Nov.