End of Watch May 20, 2022
Age 26
Tour of Duty 4 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Trainee Cody Olafson died after suffering a medical emergency while training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia.

Officer Olafson had served with the United States Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations for four months and was assigned to the Pembina Port of Entry in North Dakota.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother, sister, and both grandmothers.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-FED-69E8AE3D
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Last updated
August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Trainee Olafson served with the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Trainee Olafson.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdhscbpofofed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 20, 2022
Tour of Duty 4 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Officer Trainee Cody Alan Olafson is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In DC, 137 of 1,418 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, 30 of 39 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 76.9% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations
30
of 39 officers
76.9% Illness
DC — Statewide
137
of 1,418 officers
9.7% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Cody Alan Olafson's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Cody Alan Olafson Compares

Age at Death
26
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
0.3
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Cody Alan Olafson is highlighted in May.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location