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Police Officer

Dennis Merwin Shuck

Cheyenne Police Department — Cheyenne, WY

Veteran → Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 23, 2006

Age 54

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

The Vigil Panel 154 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Police Officer Dennis Shuck succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier when his department motorcycle collided with a pickup truck as he attempted to stop a traffic violator at 8:50 a.m. in Cheyenne.

Prior to the collision, he activated his emergency equipment as he attempted to pass the pickup truck on the right. The truck driver also attempted to move into the right lane and struck the motorcycle.

Officer Shuck was transported to a local hospital, where he remained in critical condition until succumbing to his injuries.

Officer Shuck was a United States Air Force and National Guard veteran. He had served with the Cheyenne Police Department for 12 years and previously served with the Laramie County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

Officer Shuck, a widower, was engaged to be remarried and is survived by his son, daughter, and six grandchildren.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Shuck gave the Cheyenne Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cheyenne community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Cheyenne Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Platform Identity cpd.laramie.wy.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 23, 2006

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Motorcycle crash

Military Service

Dennis Merwin Shuck served in the U.S. Air Force (1972â1978) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Dennis Merwin Shuck is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In WY, 17 of 63 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 27 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Cheyenne Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Cheyenne Police Department

of 5 officers

20% Accident

WY — Statewide

of 63 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident