Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Mark Eckenrode died as the result of side effects of a surgery he had received in 2019 following a line of duty injury.
He suffered several blood clot events in the months following the surgery. On April 6th, 2020, he experienced symptoms consistent with the previous blood clots and collapsed. He was transported to George Washington University Hospital where he passed away.
Sergeant Eckenrode had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for 23 years and was assigned to the District of Columbia Superior Court.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Eckenrode gave the Metropolitan Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Eckenrode.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Mark Randall Eckenrode is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Metropolitan Police Department, 8 of 131 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mark Randall Eckenrode's cause is highlighted.
How Mark Randall Eckenrode Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Mark Randall Eckenrode is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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