Robert Harry Bonnet

Coral Gables Police Dept. — Coral Gables, FL

Cardiac

End of Watch January 17, 1992

Age 47

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 8

Incident

Officer Bonnet suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in his department's fitness program in preparation for a required annual physical. He had just finished his warm-up exercises and was beginning to jog when he collapsed.

He was transported to the local hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Officer Bonnet had served with the Coral Gables Police Department for 13 years. He had previously served with the Dade County School Board Police Department for 4 years and the Homestead Police Department for 5 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, two daughters, mother, sister, and grandmother.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Coral Gables Police Dept.

Location Coral Gables, FL

Platform Identity corapd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 17, 1992

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Police Officer Robert Harry Bonnet 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 FL, 62 of 1,008 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.2% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Coral Gables Police Dept., 1 of 9 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Coral Gables Police Dept.

of 9 officers

11.1% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac