Patrick Dillon

California Department of Justice — Sacramento, CA

Illness

End of Watch April 14, 2007

Age 50

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

The Vigil Panel 155 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Special Agent Pat Dillon was assigned to the Orange Regional Office of the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence. He succumbed to injuries sustained as the result of multiple exposures to known carcinogens associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine while he conducted criminal investigations involving clandestine meth labs between 1994 and 2001.

It was during his assignment with the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement where he sustained these exposures. He was subsequently diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2006 and passed away on April 14, 2007. His death was affirmed by the California Attorney General as a line of duty death, and he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Purple Heart by the California Department of Justice on July 21, 2009. Special Agent Dillon was assigned to the Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence. He had served in Law enforcement for 24 years, with prior service with the California Highway Patrol.

Special Agent Dillon was assigned to the Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence. He had served in Law enforcement for 24 years, with prior service with the California Highway Patrol.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

24 years. You could have gone home.
Special Agent Dillon gave the California Department of Justice 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Sacramento community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Dillon.

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

Agency

Department California Department of Justice

Location Sacramento, CA

Platform Identity cdjfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 2007

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Duty related illness

Special Agent Patrick Dillon is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At California Department of Justice, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

California Department of Justice

of 7 officers

14.3% Illness

CA — Statewide

of 1,837 officers

4.1% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness