Jason Brent Meyer
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Police Officer

Jason Brent Meyer

Grand Meadow Police Department — Grand Meadow, MN
Accident
End of Watch September 6, 1999
Age 28
Tour of Duty 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Meyer was killed in a single-car crash while responding to a call for assistance from a deputy in a neighboring agency. Officer Meyer lost control of his cruiser while rounding a corner from Minnesota Highway 16 onto U.S. Highway 63, striking a utility pole while skidding sideways.

Survivors

Officer Meyer had been with the agency for six months as a part-time officer and is survived by his wife.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-MN-9B54A695
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Meyer served with the Grand Meadow Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Grand Meadow community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Meyer.

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

Agency

Location Grand Meadow, MN
Platform Identity gmpd.mower.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 6, 1999
Tour of Duty 6 mo
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Jason Brent Meyer 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%.

Grand Meadow Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
MN — Statewide
84
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. Jason Brent Meyer'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 Jason Brent Meyer Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0.5
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jason Brent Meyer is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897