Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: Maryland Incident Date: Sunday, May 6, 2018
Police Officer Alex Sable died after suffering a heart attack during a SWAT training exercise at Community College of Baltimore County-Dundalk Campus in Dundalk, Maryland, on May 6th, 2018.
He was participating in a SWAT school hosted by the Baltimore County Police Department. The participants were conducting a water rescue training exercise in a campus pool. As Officer Sable exited the pool at the end of the exercise he suffered cardiac arrest. On-site medics and firefighters immediately performed CPR. He was transported to a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained until passing away on May 9th, 2018.
Officer Sable served with the York City Police Department for four years and was a U.S Marine Corps veteran.
Survivors
He was a member of the York County Quick Response Team and is survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
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.
Police Officer Sable gave the York City Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the York community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Alex Isai Sable served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Alex Isai Sable 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 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At York City Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alex Isai Sable's cause is highlighted.
How Alex Isai Sable Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Alex Isai Sable is highlighted in May.
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