Arthur Briggs

Duluth Police Department — Duluth, MN

Cardiac

End of Watch April 28, 1908

Age 53

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Lieutenant Arthur Briggs suffered a fatal heart attack while struggling with a drunk man in an alley behind a local business in West Duluth.

The drunk man had been creating a disturbance inside of the business and Lieutenant Briggs had been called to remove him. When Lieutenant Briggs entered the business the man fled out a back door. Lieutenant Briggs chased after him but suffered a heart attack after catching and struggling with him.

Lieutenant Briggs had served with the Duluth Police Department for 21 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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Tributes

21 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Briggs gave the Duluth Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Duluth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Briggs.

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

Agency

Department Duluth Police Department

Location Duluth, MN

Platform Identity dpd.stlouis.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 28, 1908

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 53

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Weapon Person

Lieutenant Arthur Briggs 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 MN, 26 of 293 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 8.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Duluth Police Department, 1 of 8 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 12.5% of this agency's fallen.

Duluth Police Department

of 8 officers

12.5% Cardiac

MN — Statewide

of 293 officers

8.9% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac