Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Scott Rogers suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in the department's physical fitness program.
After he failed to return home following his shift, another deputy was sent to check the training center and found him on the gym floor.
Deputy Rogers had served with the Clay County Sheriff's Department for 25 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Rogers gave the Clay County Sheriff's Office 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Moorhead community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Rogers.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Scott Gordon Rogers is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MN, 26 of 293 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 8.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Scott Gordon Rogers's cause is highlighted.
How Scott Gordon Rogers Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Scott Gordon Rogers is highlighted in Jul.