Timothy Brian Schock
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Police Officer Specialist

Timothy Brian Schock

Chesapeake Police Department — Chesapeake, VA
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch December 20, 2011
Age 41
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Senior Police Officer Tim Schock died during a training dive in the lake at Oak Grove Lake Park.

He and other members of the Chesapeake Police Department's dive team were conducting the dive when he experienced trouble breathing. His dive partner attempted to give him his own respirator as they surfaced, but Officer Schock submerged again. Other officers on scene immediately retrieved him and started CPR on shore. He was transported to Chesapeake General Hospital where he passed away.

Officer Schock was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and active member of Law Enforcement United. He had served with the Chesapeake Police Department for 16 years.

Survivors

Survivors include his child and his fiancée.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-VA-053A4ADB
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Tributes

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.
Police Officer Specialist Schock gave the Chesapeake Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chesapeake community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chesapeake, VA
Platform Identity cpd.chesapeake.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 20, 2011
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Timothy Brian Schock served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1989–1993) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Specialist Timothy Brian Schock is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In VA, 204 of 655 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Chesapeake Police Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Chesapeake Police Department
2
of 6 officers
33.3% Accident
VA — Statewide
204
of 655 officers
31.1% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,759 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Brian Schock's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Timothy Brian Schock Compares

Age at Death
41
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
16
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Brian Schock is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

Military Service

Timothy Brian Schock served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1989–1993) before joining law enforcement.

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