Sergeant Wesley Rosette
Colorado State Patrol
Colorado

End of Watch: Wednesday, January 31, 1951
Cause: Automobile accident

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: 15 years
Badge Number: Not available

Sergeant Rosette was killed in an automobile accident near Price, Utah, while en route to extradite a prisoner. A tractor trailer attempted to pass another truck when the driver realized that he could do so safely. As he reentered the lane his truck collided with the other truck, which was then pushed into the vehicle Sergeant Rosette was riding in. A Colorado sheriff accompanying Sergeant Rosette was seriously injured.

Sergeant Rosette had been with the agency for 15 years.

 
Photograph: Sergeant Wesley Rosette

Patch image: Colorado State Patrol, Colorado

Visit Sergeant Rosette's memorial at www.ODMP.org