Logan Brown, 4, of Eagle Mountain, traces the identify of his uncle, Ogden Police officer Nathan J. Lyday, on the Utah Legislation Enforcement Memorial Service on the Capitol in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, Could 5, 2022. Since 1853, 147 cops have been killed whereas serving the residents of Utah. Lyday was shot and killed whereas responding to a home violence name on Could 28, 2020. No officers have been misplaced throughout 2021. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
Relations and buddies gathered Thursday on the Capitol grounds in Salt Lake Metropolis to recollect Utah’s fallen officers throughout the annual Utah Legislation Enforcement Memorial Service.
Since 1853, 147 cops have been killed whereas serving the residents of Utah. The latest was Ogden officer Nathan J. Lyday who was shot and killed whereas responding to a home violence name on Could 28, 2020.
No officers have been misplaced throughout 2021.
Based on utahsfallen.org, Utah Peace Officers Requirements and Coaching Director Wealthy Townsend initiated the primary state police memorial in 1988, which was positioned within the Capitol rotunda.
In 2004, building on the Capitol necessitated the removing of the memorial from the rotunda and it was decided that no memorials can be allowed there.
The Capitol Preservation Board allotted a distinguished location simply exterior the west doorways of the Capitol as the situation of the brand new memorial, which was devoted on Sept. 6, 2008.