Douglas Eugene Bunch
Patrolman

Douglas Eugene Bunch

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, KS
Veteran → Cardiac
End of Watch March 29, 1983
Age 38
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Badge 1447
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Douglas Bunch suffered a fatal heart attack following a foot pursuit. Patrolman Bunch was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Kansas City Police Department for 15 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three daughters.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Bunch gave the Kansas City Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Other
Location Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS
Platform Identity kpd.wyandotte.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 29, 1983
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 38
Badge Number 1447
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Weapon Person

Military Service

Douglas Eugene Bunch served in the U.S. Navy (1964–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Douglas is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1983, 12 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 49th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

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Who

Douglas was 38. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Douglas had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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When

March holds 7.6% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Tuesdays: 13.9%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 16.1% of these deaths.

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His people

Kansas City Police Department has 20 officers remembered here, Douglas among them.

Patrolman Douglas Eugene Bunch

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch March 29, 1983

Military Service

Douglas Eugene Bunch served in the U.S. Navy (1964–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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