Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Deputy Claude Dail was accidentally shot and killed when a riot gun inadvertently discharged as another deputy prepared it for use.
The deputies were escorting several farm strikers into the courthouse to face trial for unlawful assembly. Sixty six strikers were set to face trial and over 100 special deputies were called into service to prevent additional civil unrest.
Deputy Dail had served with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Department for only three days.
Rest in peace Special Deputy Dail.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis December 28th, 2021
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Deputy Dail served with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Council Bluffs community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Dail.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Deputy Claude B. Dail 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 IA, 71 of 226 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Claude B. Dail's cause is highlighted.
How Claude B. Dail Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Claude B. Dail is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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