Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Parsons suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after a departmental physical fitness test in which he walked three miles along Neptune Road. He returned home after scoring highly on the test and collapsed approximately two hours later. The Kissimmee Police Department gym was named after Sergeant Parsons and dedicated to him on April 27th, 1994 Sergeant Parsons had served with the Kissimmee Police Department for 16 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Parsons gave the Kissimmee Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kissimmee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Parsons.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Douglas Odell Parsons is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In FL, 62 of 1,008 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.2% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Kissimmee Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Douglas Odell Parsons's cause is highlighted.
How Douglas Odell Parsons Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Douglas Odell Parsons is highlighted in Apr.
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