Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Herbert Tarbox suffered a fatal heart attack while providing medical aid to an unconscious man.
When Officer Tarbox responded to a call for assistance on Route 1 near Tuttle Road, he found the man unconscious in his vehicle. As he started to render aid and administer oxygen, he collapsed. A bystander called for help on the police radio. Both men were taken to the Maine Medical Center where neither man could be revived.
Officer Tarbox was a United States Navy Reserve World War II and Korean War veteran and had served with the Falmouth Police Department for two years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, and two sisters.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Tarbox gave the Falmouth Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Falmouth community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Herbert G. Tarbox served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Herbert G. Tarbox is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In ME, 16 of 102 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 15.7% of this state's fallen. That is 15.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Herbert G. Tarbox's cause is highlighted.
How Herbert G. Tarbox Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Herbert G. Tarbox is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Military Service
Herbert G. Tarbox served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
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