Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Albert Anderson was killed after trying to stop a team of runaway horses pulling an ice wagon for the Cedar Lake Ice company. He was stepped on by a runaway horse near 24th Avenue and Central Avenue NE after seizing its bridle and being thrown beneath the wagon. He died of his injuries the next day. Patrolman Anderson had been with the agency for 24 years.
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- July 23, 2026
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24 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Anderson gave the Minneapolis Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Anderson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Albert Anderson 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%.
At Minneapolis Police Department, 15 of 50 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Albert Anderson's cause is highlighted.
How Albert Anderson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Anderson is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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