Michael Price

New Jersey Department of Corrections — Trenton, NJ

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch April 19, 2000

Age 44

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 31

Incident

Sergeant Michael Price died after suffering a heart attack while struggling with an inmate at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Yardville.

He was attempting to handcuff the inmate when a struggle ensued, and they fell on the floor. Other officers and medical personnel immediately began CPR on Sergeant Price, who was transported to a local hospital. However, he was pronounced dead approximately one hour later.

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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.
Corrections Sergeant Price gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department New Jersey Department of Corrections

Location Trenton, NJ

Platform Identity njdcorr.mercer.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 19, 2000

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Michael Price served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Corrections Sergeant Michael Price 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 NJ, 38 of 646 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 5 of 32 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 15.6% of this agency's fallen.

New Jersey Department of Corrections

of 32 officers

15.6% Cardiac

NJ — Statewide

of 646 officers

5.9% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac