Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jim Linder suffered a fatal heart attack at the scene of a fatal accident at the Ray Mines Division open pit mine near Kearney, Arizona.
A mine truck had fallen down a 200-foot embankment in the mine and the driver was partially trapped. Deputy Linder responded to the scene went down the steep embankment to check on the driver, and then climbed back up to the roadway to use his radio. Shortly after returning to his patrol car he began to experience symptoms of a heart attack and requested rescue. He passed away in the ambulance as he was transported to Tucson Medical Center.
Deputy Linder was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office for eight years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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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.
Deputy Sheriff Linder gave the Pinal County Sheriff's Office 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Florence 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
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
James W. Linder served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff James W. Linder 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 AZ, 11 of 330 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
At Pinal County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 14 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James W. Linder's cause is highlighted.
How James W. Linder Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. James W. Linder is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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