Christopher Charles Hays
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Officer

Christopher Charles Hays

Shreveport Police Department — Shreveport, LA
Illness
End of Watch February 5, 1995
Age 33
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Badge 407
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Christopher Hayes died when a blood clot moved from an injury in his leg to his heart. He was injured during a training exercise on January 18, 1995, and developed a blood clot in his leg. On February 5, 1995, at 4:40 a.m., while running upstairs to investigate a possible rape, he collapsed. He was pronounced deceased at the Willis Knighton Medical Center due to the blood clot traveling from his leg to his lungs. Officer Hays had served with the Shreveport Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two sons, three daughters, and parents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Hays gave the Shreveport Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Shreveport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hays.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Shreveport, Bossier Parish, LA
Platform Identity spd.caddo.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 5, 1995
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 33
Badge Number 407
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Christopher is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1995, 3 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 33rd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

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Who

Christopher was 33. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Christopher had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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When

February holds 6.1% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Sundays: 14.2%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

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His people

Shreveport Police Department has 30 officers remembered here, Christopher among them.

Officer Christopher Charles Hays

Shreveport Police Department · End of Watch February 5, 1995

Where the Name Is Cut

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