William Dean Inman

Lemhi County Sheriff's Department — Salmon, ID

Accident

End of Watch January 18, 1997

Age 58

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 353

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Bill Inman was killed when his powered parachute struck a power line while he was searching for the body of an 18-month-old girl. He crashed into the Salmon River south of the town of Salmon. The powered parachute was quickly found, but Deputy Inman's body wasn't discovered until March 9th, 1997, approximately two miles south of the town. Deputy Inman had served with the Lemhi County Sheriff's Department for two years and previously served in law enforcement in Illinois.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Inman gave the Lemhi County Sheriff's Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Salmon community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Inman.

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

Agency

Department Lemhi County Sheriff's Department

Location Salmon, ID

Platform Identity lcso.lemhi.id.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 18, 1997

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 58

Badge Number 353

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff William Dean Inman 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 ID, 21 of 71 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Lemhi County Sheriff's Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Lemhi County Sheriff's Department

of 4 officers

25% Accident

ID — Statewide

of 71 officers

29.6% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident