Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant John Lawrence suffered a fatal heart attack following his shift, in which he responded to a bank holdup alarm.
He returned home after completing his shift but collapsed three hours later. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Sergeant Lawrence had served with the Bend Police Department for ten years and had previously served with the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office for 4-1/2 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Lawrence gave the Bend Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bend community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Lawrence.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John Edward Lawrence 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 OR, 11 of 197 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Edward Lawrence's cause is highlighted.
How John Edward Lawrence Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. John Edward Lawrence is highlighted in Dec.