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Chief of Police

Harvey A. Gregg, Jr.

Georgetown Police Department — Georgetown, DE

Cardiac

End of Watch April 4, 1998

Age 70

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Chief of Police Harvey Gregg suffered a heart attack at 4:00 p.m. while directing traffic for a funeral procession on The Circle.

As he collapsed, he struck his head on his patrol car's door, worsening his condition. He passed away two days later as a result of a heart attack and head injury.

Chief Gregg had served with the Georgetown Police Department for 30 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

30 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Gregg gave the Georgetown Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Georgetown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Gregg.

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

Agency

Department Georgetown Police Department

Location Georgetown, DE

Platform Identity gpd.sussex.de.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1998

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 70

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Chief of Police Harvey A. Gregg, Jr. 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 DE, 4 of 51 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.8% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Georgetown Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Georgetown Police Department

of 2 officers

50% Cardiac

DE — Statewide

of 51 officers

7.8% 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. Harvey A. Gregg, Jr.'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 Harvey A. Gregg, Jr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 15.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Harvey A. Gregg, Jr. is highlighted in Apr.

Jan

124

Feb

105

Mar

Apr

116

May

115

Jun

Jul

Aug

104

Sep

109

Oct

121

Nov

113

Dec

111

Incident Location

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