Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Dean Goodheart was killed after being struck by a car on I-70, near Oakley, while performing a routine safety inspection. On May 16, 2000, a bill known as the Goodheart Law requiring drivers on multi-lane roads to slow down or move over was signed into law by the Kansas governor. Trooper Goodheart had served with the Kansas Highway Patrol for 23 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, mother, and three brothers.
In Our Keeping
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Master Trooper Goodheart gave the Kansas Highway Patrol 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Trooper Goodheart.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Master Trooper Dean Allen Goodheart 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 KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Kansas Highway Patrol, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dean Allen Goodheart's cause is highlighted.
How Dean Allen Goodheart Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Dean Allen Goodheart is highlighted in Sep.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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