Ervin Michael Hawk Johnston I

Livonia Police Department — Livonia, MI

Veteran → Cardiac

End of Watch January 19, 2007

Age 45

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

Incident

Officer Ervin Johnston suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after assisting a mentally ill man return to his group home.

Officer Johnston was dispatched to a call involving a man standing in the snow. After arriving, he learned that the man lived in a nearby group home. As he walked the man to his patrol car the man slipped and fell on Officer Johnston.

He returned the man to the home and returned to his patrol duties. He was found collapsed in his patrol car approximately one hour later.

Officer Johnston had served with the Livonia Police Department for 17 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Johnston gave the Livonia Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Livonia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Johnston.

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

Agency

Department Livonia Police Department

Type Other

Location Livonia, Wayne County, MI

Platform Identity lpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 19, 2007

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Ervin Michael Hawk Johnston I served in the U.S. Army (1982â1985) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Ervin Michael Hawk Johnston I 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 MI, 39 of 719 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Livonia Police Department, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Livonia Police Department

of 4 officers

50% Cardiac

MI — Statewide

of 719 officers

5.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Cardiac