Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Michael Diego passed away after suffering a medical emergency at 12:30 p.m. while training for the Patrol Criminal Interdiction Unit at the Florida Highway Patrol Training Academy at 75 College Drive in Havana.
Despite life-saving measures by troopers and EMS first responders, Trooper Diego passed away at the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
Trooper Diego had served with the Florida Highway Patrol for over four years, assigned to the Fort Pierce and Fort Myers districts.
Survivors
Survivors include his mother, sister, and fiancée.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Diego gave the Florida Highway Patrol 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Diego.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Michael Diego 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 FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Florida Highway Patrol, 5 of 54 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Diego's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Diego Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Diego is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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