Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Steven Splan suffered a fatal heart attack several hours after cutting and removing a large tree that had fallen onto Bloomfield Hills Parkway east of Woodward Avenue at approximately 12:30 pm.
He returned to the station and was found unresponsive at approximately 11:00 pm.
Sergeant Splan had served with the Bloomfield Hills Police Department for 15 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Splan gave the Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Splan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Steven Splan 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 MI, 39 of 718 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.4% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Steven Splan's cause is highlighted.
How Steven Splan Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Steven Splan is highlighted in Aug.