Minnesota Law-Enforcement Memorial Association
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Chief of Police Aldean Merlin Sorbo
Bricelyn Police Department
End of Watch:
Sunday, July 9, 1978
I saw Aldean Sorbo the night that he died. He was directing traffic on a state highway on the edge of little Bricelyn, Minnesota, after their big annual fireworks display ended; traffic was very heavy. The display always attracted a lot of people from all over the area and was quite an event. Aldean had just waved my family’s car out onto the highway from a side street as I recall, and I was watching him out the back window of our car and saw him get struck by another car and then thrown up into the air. We stopped right away and my mom, a nurse, ran over to try and help him. The teenaged girl that hit him fled the scene without stopping and was later located and went to court, although I don’t recall the outcome. I was only about 9 years old at the time but I remember that night clearly. I am a cop now too, and always remember what I saw that night, and try and use what happened to Aldean Sorbo to keep other officers from getting hit like he did. Mike Walsh Sergeant, Rochester Police Department
Biographical Info
Age: 46 Tour of Duty: 3 years Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details Chief Sorbo was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Highway 253 while directing traffic on July 4th. The juvenile driver fled the scene but was apprehended several days later, one week before Chief Sorbo's 47th birthday Chief Sorbo was the only member of the Bricelyn Police Department. He had been with the agency for three years and was survived by his daughter Lois Ann of Minneapolis and mother Amanda of Maple Lake.
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