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Patrolman

Laverne G. Haubert

Ankeny Police Department — Ankeny, IA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch January 8, 1964

Age 37

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military

Incident

Patrolman Laverne Haubert was killed in an automobile crash while transporting an injured woman and her husband to a hospital during snowfall. While traveling on U.S. Highway 69, the cruiser went out of control on the slippery highway and struck another vehicle head-on at Iowa Highway 160. All three occupants of the police vehicle were killed, as well as two occupants of the other vehicle. Patrolman Haubert was a United States Navy Reserve WWII veteran. He had served with the Ankeny Police Department for one year and previously served with the Des Moines Police Department for over five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two stepsons, and a sister.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Haubert gave the Ankeny Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Ankeny community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Ankeny Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Ankeny, Polk County, IA

Platform Identity apd.polk.ia.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 8, 1964

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Laverne G. Haubert served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Laverne G. Haubert is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,585 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%.

Ankeny Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

IA — Statewide

of 226 officers

31.4% Accident

Nationwide

10,094

of 32,585 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Laverne G. Haubert's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,558 (53.9%)

Accident

10,094 (31%)

Illness

3,037 (9.3%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

334 (1%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

How Laverne G. Haubert Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service