Kenneth Clarence Jones

Akron Police Department — Akron, OH

Cardiac

End of Watch November 7, 2020

Age 55

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 27

Incident

Police Officer Kenny Jones suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a domestic dispute.

When Officer Jones and another officer arrived at the scene of the domestic dispute, they were met with an unruly and aggressive crowd. During the incident, he experienced pain in his chest. After transporting the subject to the Akron Police Department, Officer Jones went home feeling ill. When his pain increased, he was taken to the Summa Akron Hospital, where he passed away the next day.

Officer Jones had served with the Akron Police Department for 26 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, his father, two brothers, and a sister.

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Jones gave the Akron Police Department 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Akron community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Jones.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Akron Police Department

Location Akron, OH

Platform Identity apd.summit.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 7, 2020

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 55

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Police Officer Kenneth Clarence Jones 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 OH, 43 of 991 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Akron Police Department, 2 of 28 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.1% of this agency's fallen.

Akron Police Department

of 28 officers

7.1% Cardiac

OH — Statewide

of 991 officers

4.3% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac