Frank D. Romano

Watertown Police Department — Watertown, CT

Cardiac

End of Watch November 22, 1958

Age 54

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Badge 13

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Patrol Officer Frank Romano suffered a fatal heart attack while walking his beat in Fulton Park on Cooke Street. Officer Romano had served as a park patrolman at the park for one year and had previously patrolled Hamilton Park. He had a total of 27 years of law enforcement experience.

Survivors

Officer Romano was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

27 years. You could have gone home.
Patrol Officer Romano gave the Waterbury Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Waterbury community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Romano.

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

Agency

Department Watertown Police Department

Location Watertown, CT

Platform Identity watepd.naugatuck.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 22, 1958

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 54

Badge Number 13

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Patrol Officer Frank D. Romano 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 CT, 14 of 169 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 8.3% of this state's fallen. That is 4.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Watertown Police Department, 2 of 11 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.

Watertown Police Department

of 11 officers

18.2% Cardiac

CT — Statewide

of 169 officers

8.3% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac