Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Tew died when he suffered a heart attack shortly after restraining a prisoner. He and another officer had arrested two men for causing a disturbance. While bringing the men to city hall for processing it became necessary to physically restrain one of them in order to place handcuffs on him. Shortly afterwords Captain Tew suffered a heart attack in the police station. Captain Tew had been with the agency for 16 1/2 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Tew gave the Crossett Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Crossett community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Tew.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Clinton L. Tew 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 AR, 13 of 372 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.5% of this state's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clinton L. Tew's cause is highlighted.
How Clinton L. Tew Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Clinton L. Tew is highlighted in Feb.