Albert H. Bowen

Provo Police Department — Provo, UT

Felonious

End of Watch October 16, 1873

Age 47

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Chief of Police Albert Bowen was shot and killed in the line of duty while attempting to arrest a man who was waving a pistol in front of a bar known as Stubb's Saloon. The suspect was sentenced to life in prison but was killed by a group of prisoners who were escaping from the Utah State Prison. Those prisoners had attempted an escape three months earlier and killed Warden Matthew B. Burgher in the process. Chief Bowen was survived by his second wife, two children, and nine stepchildren. He is buried in Provo City Cemetery.

Survivors

Chief Bowen was survived by his second wife, two children, and nine stepchildren.

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153 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Chief of Police Bowen served with the Provo Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Provo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Provo Police Department

Location Provo, UT

Platform Identity ppd.utah.ut.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 16, 1873

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .36 caliber

Offender Killed in prison

Chief of Police Albert H. Bowen is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In UT, 84 of 138 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.9% of this state's fallen. That is 6.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Provo Police Department, 3 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Provo Police Department

of 5 officers

60% Felonious

UT — Statewide

of 138 officers

60.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious