Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Marlo Zwiers was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic for a funeral procession on Highway 67. He had stopped northbound traffic when a truck failed to stop and struck him. The driver was driving on a cancelled license. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Chief Zwiers had served with the Cambridge Police Department for seven years. He was killed three days before his 65th birthday.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Zwiers gave the Cambridge Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cambridge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Zwiers.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Marlo Zwiers 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marlo Zwiers's cause is highlighted.
How Marlo Zwiers Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Marlo Zwiers is highlighted in Nov.