Officer Trainee

Cody Alan Olafson

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations — Washington, DC

Illness

End of Watch May 20, 2022

Age 26

Tour of Duty 4 mo

The Vigil Panel 180 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 38

Incident

Officer Trainee Cody Olafson died after suffering a medical emergency while training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia.

Officer Olafson had served with the United States Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations for four months and was assigned to the Pembina Port of Entry in North Dakota.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother, sister, and both grandmothers.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Trainee Olafson served with the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Trainee Olafson.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdhscbpofofed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 20, 2022

Tour of Duty 4 mo

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Officer Trainee Cody Alan Olafson 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 DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, 30 of 39 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 76.9% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations

of 39 officers

76.9% Illness

DC — Statewide

137

of 1,419 officers

9.7% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Cody Alan Olafson's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Cody Alan Olafson Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

Years of Service

0.3

This officer

Avg for Illness: 18.9 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Cody Alan Olafson is highlighted in May.

Jan

294

Feb

198

Mar

185

Apr

226

May

201

Jun

181

Jul

217

Aug

281

Sep

291

Oct

376

Nov

239

Dec

285

Incident Location

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