Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Marion Reiff suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after struggling with a suspect at 3021 Olive Street in Saint Louis. Officer Reiff was off-duty in a local pet store buying a collar for the Florissant police canine when two employees informed him that a man was attempting to steal cash from the cash register. He and one of the employees began to struggle with the man, who then fled on foot. Officer Reiff pursued the man a short distance before collapsing. The suspect was never identified or apprehended. Officer Reiff was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Florissant Police Department for two years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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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.
Police Officer Reiff gave the Florissant Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Florissant community, and 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
Marion David Reiff served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1954â1958) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Marion David Reiff is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In MO, 32 of 813 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.9% of this state's fallen. That is 3.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Florissant Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marion David Reiff's cause is highlighted.
How Marion David Reiff Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Marion David Reiff is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Military Service
Marion David Reiff served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1954–1958) before joining law enforcement.
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