Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Deputy Alma Sorensen and Police Officer Edwin Edwards, of the Logan City Police Department, were killed in an automobile accident when a juvenile prisoner they were transporting caused them to loose control of their patrol car. The officers were transporting four boys, ages 13, 15, 15, and 17 to the Utah State Reform School, in Ogden, when the 13-year-old slipped out of the handcuffs and tried to grab Chief Deputy Sorensen's service revolver. All four boys were in the back seat. As Chief Deputy Sorensen, who was driving, and Officer Edwards wrestled with the boy for possesion of the gun, their patrol car drifted into the opposite lane and hit another car head-on. Both officers, the 13-year-old and another youth were killed. The other two youths were seriously injured. The driver of the other car was also seriously injured. Chief Deputy Sorensen had served with the Cache County Sheriff's Office for 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, and three sons.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Deputy Sorensen gave the Cache County Sheriff's Office 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Logan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Deputy Sorensen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief Deputy Alma P. Sorensen is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 60.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Cache County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alma P. Sorensen's cause is highlighted.
How Alma P. Sorensen Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Alma P. Sorensen is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Alma P. Sorensen was killed by automobile.
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