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Sheriff

Harold Lloyd Strider

Grenada County Sheriff's Department — Grenada, MS

Cardiac

End of Watch June 23, 1996

Age 61

Tour of Duty 7 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Sheriff Strider suffered a fatal heart attack during a riot at a dirt track in Gore Springs, Mississippi. The sheriff's department was providing crowd control for the opening of the track when a disturbance involving approximately 50 people erupted.

Officers responded with pepper spray and riot gear. Sheriff Strider collapsed as he attempted to subdue a suspect who was assaulting him. Fellow officers performed CPR and then transported him to a local hospital, where he died the following day.

Sheriff Strider had served as sheriff for only 7 months.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and child.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Strider served with the Grenada County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Grenada community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Strider.

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

Agency

Department Grenada County Sheriff's Department

Location Grenada, MS

Platform Identity gcso.grenada.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 23, 1996

Tour of Duty 7 mo

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Sheriff Harold Lloyd Strider 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 MS, 9 of 349 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.

Grenada County Sheriff's Department

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

2.6% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harold Lloyd Strider's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Harold Lloyd Strider Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service

0.6

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 15.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Harold Lloyd Strider is highlighted in Jun.

Jan

124

Feb

105

Mar

Apr

116

May

115

Jun

Jul

Aug

104

Sep

109

Oct

121

Nov

113

Dec

111