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Chief of Police

Henry Woods

Wallins Creek Police Department — Wallins Creek, KY

Cardiac

End of Watch March 15, 1952

Age 72

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Chief of Police Henry Woods suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after struggling with a man he was attempting to arrest for being drunk in public.

Shortly after the arrest Chief Woods was found dead in his truck that was parked on Main Street.

Chief Woods had served as both the police chief of the Wallins Creek Police Department and as a deputy sheriff for the Harlan County Sheriff's Office for 15 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and eight daughters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Woods gave the Wallins Creek Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Wallins Creek community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Woods.

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

Agency

Department Wallins Creek Police Department

Location Wallins Creek, KY

Platform Identity wcpd.harlan.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 15, 1952

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 72

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Weapon Person

Chief of Police Henry Woods 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 KY, 44 of 983 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.5 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

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

Wallins Creek Police Department

of 2 officers

50% Cardiac

KY — Statewide

of 983 officers

4.5% 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. Henry Woods'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 Henry Woods 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. Henry Woods is highlighted in Mar.

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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