Rodney Taylor Butts

Sacramento Police Department — Sacramento, CA

Cardiac

End of Watch October 15, 1975

Age 40

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Rodney Butts suffered a fatal heart attack following a struggle with a felon. Officer Butts had served with the agency for six years.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Butts gave the Sacramento Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Sacramento community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Butts.

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

Agency

Department Sacramento Police Department

Location Sacramento, CA

Platform Identity spd.sacramento.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 15, 1975

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Police Officer Rodney Taylor Butts 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 Sacramento Police Department, 1 of 17 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this agency's fallen.

Sacramento Police Department

of 17 officers

5.9% Cardiac

CA — Statewide

of 1,837 officers

2.8% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac