Roll of Honor
Louis A. Sheets
Incident
Assistant Chief Louis Sheets succumbed to injuries received when his cruiser was struck by a dump truck driven by a 16-year-old at 9:15 pm. He was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital where he passed away from his injuries the next day. Assistant Chief Sheets was a United States Air Force veteran and served with the Farmington Police Department for one year.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, father, mother, and three sisters.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Assistant Chief of Police Sheets gave the Farmington Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Farmington community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Louis A. Sheets served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Assistant Chief of Police Louis A. Sheets 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 NH, 16 of 59 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 3.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Louis A. Sheets's cause is highlighted.
How Louis A. Sheets Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Louis A. Sheets is highlighted in Feb.