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Police Officer

Donald Allen Oldfield

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Veteran → Cardiac

End of Watch May 27, 1982

Age 47

Tour of Duty 15 yrs 5 mo

Badge 7523

The Vigil Panel 125 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 377

Incident

Police Officer Donald Oldfield suffered a fatal heart attack at the Northeast Detective Divison shortly after making an arrest.

Officer Oldfield was at his home when he witnessed his neighbor strike his son with a weed trimmer. Officer Oldfield attempted to arrest the man, and a struggle ensued that lasted for several minutes until responding officer arrived and helped take the subject into custody.

Officer Oldfield followed the responding officers to the police station to make a report. As he was being interviewed by Detectives, he suffered a heart attack.

Officer Oldfield was rushed to Frankford Hospital where he died.

Police Officer Donald Oldfield was a U.S Army veteran and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 15 and a half years. He worked with the Police Graphic Arts Unit as an Artist and was assigned to Police Headquarters.

Survivors

Police Officer Oldfield was survived by his wife, and two children.

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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.
Police Officer Oldfield gave the Philadelphia Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 27, 1982

Tour of Duty 15 yrs 5 mo

Age 47

Badge Number 7523

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Donald Allen Oldfield served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Donald Allen Oldfield is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 9.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 37 of 378 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.8% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department

of 378 officers

9.8% Cardiac

PA — Statewide

118

of 1,261 officers

9.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Cardiac