Roll of Honor
His Life
Deputy Sheriff Adam Hartwig suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after arriving home at the end of his shift in which he had responded to several stressful calls.
During the previous midnight shift he had assisted a Port Washington police officer who was involved in a vehicle pursuit.
Near the end of his shift he and another deputy responded to a home on Cedar Beach Lane, in the town of Belgium, to conduct a welfare check on an ill elderly woman who relatives had been unable to contact for two days. After receiving no response at the door, the deputies walked around the home and observed the woman who appeared deceased. The deputies knocked on the window loudly for approximately 30 seconds when the woman suddenly sat straight up and screamed, startling both deputies.
Deputy Hartwig passed away at home several hours following his shift.
Deputy Hartwig had served with the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office for 2-1/2 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, son, parents, and two brothers.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hartwig gave the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Port Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hartwig.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
His Life Details
Deputy Sheriff Adam John Hartwig is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In WI, 23 of 317 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Adam John Hartwig's cause is highlighted.
How Adam John Hartwig Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Adam John Hartwig is highlighted in Mar.