Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Timothy Harnett suffered a fatal heart attack while pursuing a suspect on foot. He began to experience symptoms of a heart attack during the foot pursuit and died two hours later. Detective Harnett was assigned to the Vice Squad at the Firestone Station.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, and father.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Harnett served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Harnett.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Timothy J. Harnett 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 CA, 52 of 1,837 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
At Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 5 of 120 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy J. Harnett's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy J. Harnett Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy J. Harnett is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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