Christopher Charles Hays

Shreveport Police Dept. — Shreveport, LA

Illness

End of Watch February 5, 1995

Age 33

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Badge 407

The Vigil Panel 141 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 29

Incident

Officer Christopher Hayes died when a blood clot moved from an injury in his leg to his heart. He was injured during a training exercise on January 18, 1995, and developed a blood clot in his leg. On February 5, 1995, at 4:40 a.m., while running upstairs to investigate a possible rape, he collapsed. He was pronounced deceased at the Willis Knighton Medical Center due to the blood clot traveling from his leg to his lungs. Officer Hays had served with the Shreveport Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two sons, three daughters, and parents.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Hays gave the Shreveport Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Shreveport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hays.

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

Agency

Department Shreveport Police Dept.

Location Shreveport, LA

Platform Identity spd.caddo.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 5, 1995

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 33

Badge Number 407

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Officer Christopher Charles Hays is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.4 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Shreveport Police Dept., 2 of 30 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.7% of this agency's fallen.

Shreveport Police Dept.

of 30 officers

6.7% Illness

LA — Statewide

of 595 officers

4.7% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness