Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Andrew Rock drowned when he was swept away as he tried to retrieve his horse from an island in the Grand River during a period of flooding.
His body was located approximately 20 miles down stream one month later.
Sheriff Rock had served with the Garfield County Sheriff's Office for seven months.
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Sheriff Rock served with the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Glenwood Springs community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Andrew J. Rock 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 CO, 101 of 360 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Andrew J. Rock's cause is highlighted.
How Andrew J. Rock Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Andrew J. Rock is highlighted in Jul.