LeAnder Frank
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Senior Police Officer

LeAnder Frank

Navajo Division of Public Safety — Window Rock, AZ
Accident
End of Watch August 30, 2016
Age 41
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer LeAnder Frank was killed in a head-on crash while responding to a call in Apache County, Arizona.

He was traveling on Indian Route 64, between Tsaile and Chinle, when their vehicles collided. Officer Frank was killed in the crash. The occupants of the other vehicle were injured.

Officer Frank had served with the Navajo Division of Public Safety for 13 years.

Survivors

He was survived by four children and mother.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Police Officer Frank gave the Navajo Division of Public Safety 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Window Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Police Officer Frank.

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

Agency

Location Window Rock, AZ
Platform Identity ndpsdps.nn.tribal.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 30, 2016
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Senior Police Officer LeAnder Frank 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Navajo Division of Public Safety, 5 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.4% of this agency's fallen.

Navajo Division of Public Safety
5
of 17 officers
29.4% Accident
AZ — Statewide
95
of 330 officers
28.8% 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. LeAnder Frank'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 LeAnder Frank Compares

Age at End of Watch
41
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
13
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. LeAnder Frank is highlighted in Aug.

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

Incident Location