Line of Duty Death: Trooper Ted Benda
Trooper Ted Benda
Iowa State Patrol, Iowa
End of Watch Wednesday, October 20, 2021
BIO
Age 37
Tour 16 years
Badge 313
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Automobile crash
Incident Date Thursday, October 14, 2021
Trooper Ted Benda succumbed to injuries sustained six days earlier when he was involved in a single-vehicle crash.
He was responding to assist deputies from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office with a wanted subject at about 11:30 pm when his patrol car left the roadway on Iowa Highway 51 six miles north of Postville. He was flown to Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he remained until succumbing to his injuries.
Trooper Brenda had served with the Iowa State Patrol for five years and had previously served with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation for 11 years. He is survived by his wife, four children, parents, and siblings.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Colonel Nathan Fulk
Iowa State Patrol
215 E 7th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515 ) 725-6090
