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Senior Deputy

Edwin H. Arendt

Stearns County Sheriff's Office — St. Cloud, MN

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End of Watch November 3, 1987

Age 61

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Badge 2541

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Senior Deputy Edwin Arendt was killed in an automobile crash when his patrol car was struck head-on on County Road 2 in Jacobs Prairie. Another vehicle lost control on a rain-slicked road, crossed the center line, and struck his vehicle. Deputy Arendt was a United States Army World War II and Korean War veteran and had served with the Stearns County Sheriff's Department for 23 years, assigned to the Civil Process Division.

Survivors

He was survived by his seven children.

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Last updated: July 23, 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.
Senior Deputy Arendt gave the Stearns County Sheriff's Office 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Cloud 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 Stearns County Sheriff's Office

Location St. Cloud, MN

Platform Identity scso.stearns.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 3, 1987

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Age 61

Badge Number 2541

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Edwin H. Arendt served in the Army (1951â1952) before joining law enforcement.

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Senior Deputy Edwin H. Arendt 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Stearns County Sheriff's Office

of 1 officers

100% Accident

MN — Statewide

of 293 officers

28.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edwin H. Arendt's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Edwin H. Arendt Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service