The $22,000 worth of copper will be crafted into a set of three sculptures to be unveiled with the names of the fallen officers.

The metal will also be used to make the officer name plates on the memorial as well as the large medallion on the floor of the memorial.

Lena Toritch, of Salt Lake City, has been commissioned to sculpt the $1.3 million memorial statues, the group also announced Tuesday.

So far, Kennecott Utah Copper, the Utah Legislature, Sahara Construction Inc., Utah Peace Officers Association, Spillman Technologies and Utah officers have donated about $600,000 toward the cost of the memorial.

The life-size memorial will replace a wall-sized memorial that was removed in 2004 after restoration of the Capitol began.

Since 1853, 118 officers have died in the line of duty in Utah. The first was Salt Lake County Deputy Sheriff Rodney Badger, who died while saving a family from a swollen river.

The latest was Utah Department of Corrections Officer Stephen R. Anderson, who was shot and killed by an inmate who gained control of the officer's weapon during treatment at University Hospital.

For a complete list of the fallen officers or to donate toward the fund drive, visit http://www.UtahsFallen.org/.

lrosetta@sltrib.com