Edward E. Baird

Denver Sheriff's Department — Denver, CO

Accident

End of Watch March 16, 1906

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Edward Baird was killed in a train crash four miles east of Florence, Colorado, while escorting a prisoner to the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City.

Two passenger trains on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad collided head-on on a sharp curve. At least 18 people, including Deputy Baird and his prisoner, were killed and dozens more injured.

You were lost... but now you're found... Godspeed.

Deputy Baird's death was only discovered recently by a Denver Police historian. His name is on the Colorado memorial in Golden and the National memorial in Washington, DC.

Captain Lenny Ortiz, Ret. Denver Sheriff Department. March 3rd, 2018

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Baird served with the Denver Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Denver community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Baird.

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

Agency

Department Denver Sheriff's Department

Location Denver, CO

Platform Identity dso.denver.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 16, 1906

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Edward E. Baird 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%.

At Denver Sheriff's Department, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Denver Sheriff's Department

of 7 officers

28.6% Accident

CO — Statewide

101

of 360 officers

28.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident