Albert M. Alcorn

Colorado State Patrol — Lakewood, CO

Accident

End of Watch January 23, 1966

Tour of Duty 12 yrs 3 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 29

Incident

Sergeant Albert Alcorn and Patrolman Nicholas Carhart were killed in an automobile crash on Route 72, one mile west of Route 93, in Jefferson County. Sergeant Alcorn was conducting a training review of Patrolman Carhart during his rookie year. As the vehicle was rounding a curve it left the road and both officers were killed. Sergeant Alcorn had been with the agency for 14 years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Alcorn gave the Colorado State Patrol 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Alcorn.

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

Agency

Department Colorado State Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Lakewood, CO

Platform Identity chp.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 23, 1966

Tour of Duty 12 yrs 3 mo

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Albert M. Alcorn is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 28.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Colorado State Patrol, 19 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.3% of this agency's fallen.

Colorado State Patrol

of 30 officers

63.3% Accident

CO — Statewide

101

of 360 officers

28.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Accident