Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Lauren Dow was killed while assisting fire crews fight a 300-acre brush fire near Stockton, Utah. He and a Tooele City animal control officer were driving a fire vehicle near the fire when a shift in winds caused the fire to overtake them. Both men died as a result. Sergeant Dow had served with the Tooele County Sheriff's Office for seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, and mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Dow gave the Tooele County Sheriff's Office 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tooele community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Dow.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Lauren Everett Dow 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 UT, 49 of 138 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lauren Everett Dow's cause is highlighted.
How Lauren Everett Dow Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lauren Everett Dow is highlighted in Aug.