Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: North Carolina Incident Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Weapon: Person Offender: Not available
Patrol Officer Tony Lossiah succumbed to complications of an injury he suffered during a foot pursuit in Cherokee two months prior.
He was suffered a torn muscle in his hip during the pursuit. The injury resulted in internal bleeding and additional complications. He was taken to Mission Hospital, in Asheville, where he developed complications from the original injury.
Patrol Officer Lossiah had served with the Cherokee Indian Police Department for 17 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and five children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Lossiah gave the Cherokee Indian Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cherokee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Lossiah.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrol Officer Anthony E. Lossiah 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 IA, 12 of 226 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anthony E. Lossiah's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony E. Lossiah Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Anthony E. Lossiah is highlighted in Oct.