Incident
Detective Levy died of a heart attack while arresting a man for assault. Detective Levy was at the police department when a call came out for an assault in progress at 0145 hours. He ran approximately one block to the scene where he found the woman being violently assaulted. He suffered the heart attack while stopping the assault. Responding officers administered CPR but he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Levy served with the Port Arthur Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Port Arthur community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Levy.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Milton Thomas Levy II served in the U.S. Army (1975â1979) before joining law enforcement.
Detective Milton Thomas Levy II 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 Port Arthur Police Department, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Milton Thomas Levy II's cause is highlighted.
How Milton Thomas Levy II Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Milton Thomas Levy II is highlighted in Nov.
Military Service
Milton Thomas Levy II served in the U.S. Army (1975–1979) before joining law enforcement.
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