Dan Stanley Mitchell
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Constable

Dan Stanley Mitchell

Cardiac
End of Watch January 1, 1989
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Gender Male

Incident

Constable Mitchell suffered a fatal heart attack while providing backup at a call involving a man with a gun.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Mitchell served with the Broomfield Township Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Remus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Mitchell.

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

Agency

Location Remus, MI
Platform Identity btpd.mecosta.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 1, 1989
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Constable Dan Stanley Mitchell 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 MI, 39 of 718 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.4% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

Broomfield Township Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Cardiac
MI — Statewide
39
of 718 officers
5.4% Cardiac
Nationwide
1,306
of 32,508 officers
4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dan Stanley Mitchell's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Dan Stanley Mitchell Compares

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Dan Stanley Mitchell is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
124
Feb
105
Mar
99
Apr
116
May
115
Jun
95
Jul
94
Aug
104
Sep
109
Oct
121
Nov
113
Dec
111