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Sheriff

Henry S. Halvorson

Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department — Grand Forks, ND

Accident

End of Watch March 9, 1952

Age 52

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Sheriff Henry Halvorson was killed in an automobile crash while transporting a prisoner to the state penitentiary in Bismarck, North Dakota. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 10 near Tappen as he attempted to pass another car. His vehicle collided with another vehicle head-on. Sheriff Halvorson had served as the sheriff of Grand Forks County for almost four years. He had previously served as an elected Grand Forks County constable for six years, police chief of the Larimore Polie Department for two years, and police chief of the Northwood Police Department for nine years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

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Tributes

21 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Halvorson gave the Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Grand Forks community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Halvorson.

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

Agency

Department Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department

Location Grand Forks, ND

Platform Identity gfcso.grandforks.nd.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1952

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sheriff Henry S. Halvorson 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 ND, 15 of 61 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.6% of this state's fallen. That is 6.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

ND — Statewide

of 61 officers

24.6% 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. Henry S. Halvorson'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 Henry S. Halvorson Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service