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Larry Clark Jacobs
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Police Officer

Larry Clark Jacobs

Mexia Police Department — Mexia, TX
Veteran → Cardiac
United States flag Texas flag
End of Watch August 3, 1999
Age 53
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
The Vigil Panel 146 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

Incident

Officer Larry Jacobs suffered a fatal heart attack after a foot chase in 100 degree weather.

Officer Jacobs was able to arrest the suspect and put him in a cruiser when he suffered the heart attack. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Survivors

Officer Jacobs had been employed with the Mexia Police Department for 20 years, and is survived by his wife and two children.

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August 2, 2026

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Jacobs gave the Mexia Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Mexia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Jacobs.

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

Agency

Department Mexia Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Mexia, Limestone County, TX
Platform Identity mpd.limestone.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 3, 1999
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 53
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Larry Clark Jacobs served in the U.S. Air Force (1964–1984) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Larry Clark Jacobs is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In TX, 88 of 2,422 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Mexia Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Mexia Police Department
1
of 4 officers
25% Cardiac
TX — Statewide
88
of 2,422 officers
3.6% Cardiac
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Larry Clark Jacobs's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Larry Clark Jacobs Compares

Age at Death
53
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years
Years of Service
20
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 15.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Larry Clark Jacobs is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
124
Feb
105
Mar
99
Apr
116
May
115
Jun
95
Jul
94
Aug
104
Sep
109
Oct
121
Nov
113
Dec
111

Military Service

Larry Clark Jacobs served in the U.S. Air Force (1964–1984) before joining law enforcement.

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