Frank J. Tucker

Provo Police Department — Provo, UT

Accident

End of Watch June 16, 1904

Age 35

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Police Officer Frank Tucker was accidentally shot and killed at the Utah County Sheriff's Office inside the county courthouse on Center Street. As he stood up from his chair to leave, his service pistol fell from his back pocket. When it struck the floor the weapon discharged, striking him just above the hip, and entered his torso. He succumbed to the wound before a doctor arrived at the scene. Officer Tucker had previously served as Provo's City Marshal and had recently been re-appointed as a police officer to serve during the Elk's Carnival. He was survived by his wife and four children. The old courthouse building the incident occurred in was razed in 1919 in order to build the new county courthouse building.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Tucker served with the Provo Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Provo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Tucker.

— 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 June 16, 1904

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Frank J. Tucker 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 UT, 49 of 138 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Provo Police Department, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Provo Police Department

of 5 officers

40% Accident

UT — Statewide

of 138 officers

35.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident