Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Kagan Dindar suffered a heart attack while working a special assignment conducting traffic control for a large special event in front of 200 South Third Street.
He was directing traffic at an extremely congested intersection when he suddenly collapsed at approximately 8:50 am. An event participant used his radio to call out an "officer down" and medics arrived approximately one minute later. He was transported to a local hospital where suffered a second, massive heart attack. He remained in a coma for several days until passing away on October 24th, 2014.
Detective Dindar was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Clarksville Police Department for six years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and young daughter.
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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.
Detective Dindar gave the Clarksville Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Clarksville 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
Kagan Dindar served in the Army (2006â2006) before joining law enforcement.
Detective Kagan Dindar 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 TN, 37 of 769 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%.
At Clarksville Police Dept., 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kagan Dindar's cause is highlighted.
How Kagan Dindar Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Kagan Dindar is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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