Grant Anthony Jansen
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Police Officer

Grant Anthony Jansen

St. Charles Police Department — St. Charles, MO
Accident
End of Watch September 10, 2008
Age 42
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Grant Jansen was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Spencer Road. His patrol car left the roadway, and he was ejected from the vehicle. His K9 partner was not injured.

Officer Jansen had served with the St. Charles Police Department for 13 years and previously served with the Berkeley Police Department and St. Charles County Sheriff's Department.

Survivors

He is survived by his expectant wife, son, and daughter.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-MO-4E21E3DA
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Jansen gave the St. Charles Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Charles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Jansen.

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

Agency

Location St. Charles, MO
Platform Identity scpd.stcharles.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 10, 2008
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Grant Anthony Jansen 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At St. Charles Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.

St. Charles Police Department
1
of 5 officers
20% Accident
MO — Statewide
237
of 813 officers
29.2% 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. Grant Anthony Jansen'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 Grant Anthony Jansen Compares

Age at End of Watch
42
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
20
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Grant Anthony Jansen 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