Charles Cecil Collins

Chesapeake Police Department — Chesapeake, OH

Veteran → Cardiac

End of Watch January 27, 1957

Age 41

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 2

Incident

Deputy Marshal Cecil Collins suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to arrest a drunk driver.

The man resisted Marshal Collins' demands to submit to arrest and became engaged in an argument with him. Marshal Collins collapsed on the roadway and died.

The subject he was attempting to arrest was charged with drunk driving.

Marshal Collins was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII where he served as a military policeman.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Deputy Marshal Collins served with the Chesapeake Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chesapeake 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

Agency

Department Chesapeake Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Chesapeake, Lawrence County, OH

Platform Identity cpd.lawrence.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 27, 1957

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Charles Cecil Collins served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Marshal Charles Cecil Collins is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In OH, 43 of 991 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this state's fallen. That is 4.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Chesapeake Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Chesapeake Police Department

of 3 officers

33.3% Cardiac

OH — Statewide

of 991 officers

4.3% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Cardiac