Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Ervin Johnston died of heat exhaustion while participating in the department's agility training at the Criminal Justice Training Center in Selma. He had completed several exercises and a 1-1/2 mile run when he became disoriented and collapsed.
He was transported to a local hospital where he passed away.
Trooper Johnston had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for only one year.
Trooper Johnston's father, Officer Ervin Johnston I, had died in the line of duty only 18 months earlier while serving with the Livonia, Michigan, Police Department.
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- September 9, 2026
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You barely got started.
Trooper Johnston gave the Alabama Department of Public Safety 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Johnston.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Ervin Michael Hawk Johnston II is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,787 officers honored here.
In AL, 23 of 643 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Alabama Department of Public Safety, 1 of 29 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ervin Michael Hawk Johnston II's cause is highlighted.
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When Illness Deaths Occur
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