Roll of Honor
Edward W. "Edwin" Shearer
Incident
Police Officer Edwin Shearer suffered a fatal heart attack while running towards an intersection to clear it of traffic in order to let fire trucks through.
The fire trucks were responding to a fire at a farm outside of town.
Officer Shearer had served with the Quakertown Borough Police Department for nine years.
Thank you for service and please know that your sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten. Rest in peace always.
Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) July 20th, 2020
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Shearer gave the Quakertown Borough Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Quakertown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Shearer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Edward W. "Edwin" Shearer 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 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 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward W. "Edwin" Shearer's cause is highlighted.
How Edward W. "Edwin" Shearer Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Edward W. "Edwin" Shearer is highlighted in Jul.