Arthur Burton Caton Sr.

Clay County Sheriff's Office — Green Cove Springs, FL

Veteran → Cardiac

End of Watch July 15, 1979

Age 59

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 8

Incident

Auxiliary Deputy Arthur Caton suffered a fatal heart attack while working a traffic detail in Orange Park.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Auxiliary Deputy Caton served with the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Green Cove Springs community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Auxiliary Deputy Caton.

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

Agency

Department Clay County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Green Cove Springs, Clay County, FL

Platform Identity ccso.clay.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 15, 1979

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Arthur Burton Caton Sr. served in the U.S. Navy (1957â1963) before joining law enforcement.

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Auxiliary Deputy Arthur Burton Caton Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In FL, 62 of 1,008 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.2% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Clay County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 9 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Clay County Sheriff's Office

of 9 officers

11.1% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Cardiac