Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Earl Kennicutt suffered a fatal heart attack while testing out a new exercise bike for the department's workout room. Lieutenant Kennicutt had served with the agency for 28 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Kennicutt gave the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Kennicutt.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Earl James Kennicutt 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 MN, 26 of 293 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 8.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Earl James Kennicutt's cause is highlighted.
How Earl James Kennicutt Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Earl James Kennicutt is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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