Thomas Coulter

Daytona Beach Police Department — Daytona Beach, FL

Cardiac

End of Watch May 21, 2018

Age 25

Tour of Duty

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Police Officer Thomas Coulter suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting physical training in front of the Daytona Beach Police Department headquarters, on Valor Boulevard, on May 18th, 2018.

He was participating in a team job with other newly-hired police officers when he began to feel ill and collapsed. He was transported to a local hospital where his condition worsened. He passed away on May 21st, 2018.

Officer Coulter had served with the Daytona Beach Police Department for one week.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife of six months.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Coulter served with the Daytona Beach Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Daytona Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Coulter.

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

Agency

Department Daytona Beach Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Daytona Beach, Volusia County, FL

Platform Identity dbpd.volusia.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 21, 2018

Tour of Duty

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Police Officer Thomas Coulter is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In FL, 62 of 1,008 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.2% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Daytona Beach Police Department, 1 of 11 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.1% of this agency's fallen.

Daytona Beach Police Department

of 11 officers

9.1% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Cardiac