Forrest Ross

Denver Police Department — Denver, CO

Accident

End of Watch April 4, 1921

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 73

Incident

Policeman Forrest Ross succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident while responding to a holdup call. Policeman Clarence Zietz was killed in an automobile accident while responding to the accident involving Policeman Ross. The first accident occurred when Policeman Ross and other officers were responding to a holdup in a police riot car when he swerved to miss pedestrians at the corner of Bannock and 14th Streets. The vehicle flipped several times and struck a utility police. Policeman Zietz and other officers were responding to that accident when their police riot car struck a touring car at Tremont and 14th Streets. Policeman Zietz succumbed to his injuries at the scene and Policeman Ross succumbed to his injuries at the hospital two days later.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Ross served with the Denver Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Denver community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Ross.

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

Agency

Department Denver Police Department

Location Denver, CO

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

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1921

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Policeman Forrest Ross 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 Police Department, 16 of 74 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.6% of this agency's fallen.

Denver Police Department

of 74 officers

21.6% Accident

CO — Statewide

101

of 360 officers

28.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident