Dennis H. Marriott

Missouri State Highway Patrol — Jefferson City, MO

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 13, 1981

Age 36

Badge 804

The Vigil Panel 124 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 32

Incident

Trooper Marriott was killed when a vehicle being operated by an intoxicated driver struck him. Trooper Marriott was struck by the vehicle after exiting from his patrol car for a traffic stop. The vehicle, which hit Trooper Marriott, stopped momentarily after the incident and then left the scene. The vehicle was stopped a few minutes later by the Jefferson City Police Department and the female driver was found to be intoxicated and was arrested. The driver was later tried and sentenced to ten years in prison on a charge of Manslaughter.

Survivors

Trooper Marriott was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Marriott served with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Marriott.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Missouri State Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Jefferson City, MO

Platform Identity mshp.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 13, 1981

Age 36

Badge Number 804

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Dennis H. Marriott served in the U.S. Army (1972â1974) before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Dennis H. Marriott is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Missouri State Highway Patrol, 18 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 54.5% of this agency's fallen.

Missouri State Highway Patrol

of 33 officers

54.5% Accident

MO — Statewide

237

of 813 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident