Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jerry Fisher suffered a fatal heart attack during a training exercise with his canine partner.
Deputy Fisher had recently been assigned a canine partner and was attending a week-long training exercise at a facility in Evansville. On the morning of the third day, Deputy Fisher had just completed a series of tracking exercises when he stated he felt ill. After continuing to perform a number of article searches with his canine partner, Deputy Fisher collapsed. Other officers at the scene performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation before Deputy Fisher was transported to Deaconess Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Deputy Fisher had served with the Gibson County Sheriff's Department as a deputy sheriff for over 3½ years, having previously served as a reserve deputy and corrections officer with the department for four years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, two granddaughters, one sister and two half-sisters.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Fisher gave the Gibson County Sheriff's Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Princeton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Fisher.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jerry Alan "Jed" Fisher 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 IN, 24 of 503 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.8% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jerry Alan "Jed" Fisher's cause is highlighted.
How Jerry Alan "Jed" Fisher Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Jerry Alan "Jed" Fisher is highlighted in Oct.