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Trooper

Glen A. Skalman

Minnesota State Patrol — St. Paul, MN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 27, 1964

Age 29

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 326

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 7

Incident

Trooper Glen Skalman succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 10 days earlier while making a traffic stop on US 61, two miles north of Forest Lake. Trooper Skalman had stopped a vehicle on Highway 61 for erratic driving. The suspect was seated in the passenger seat of the squad car while Trooper Skalman was writing the ticket. The suspect pulled out a gun and suddenly shot the trooper 5 times, including three times in the face. The suspect was identified quickly as the trooper was still conscious when the first responding officer arrived, and Skalman told him to look at the ticket pad where he had written down the suspect's license plate number. Despite multiple surgeries, Trooper Skalman died 10 days later, never regaining consciousness. The subject was later apprehended and sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. He was released after only serving seven years of his sentence. Trooper Skalman had served with the Minnesota State Patrol for three years. He is survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons. In 2014, U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota was named Trooper Glen Skalman Memorial Highway.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Trooper Skalman gave the Minnesota State Patrol 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Minnesota, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Minnesota State Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location St. Paul, MN

Platform Identity mhp.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 27, 1964

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 29

Badge Number 326

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Glen A. Skalman served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Glen A. Skalman is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In MN, 173 of 293 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59% of this state's fallen. That is 59 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Minnesota State Patrol, 3 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.

Minnesota State Patrol

of 8 officers

37.5% Felonious

MN — Statewide

173

of 293 officers

59% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious