Francesco Luigi Celico

Flagler County Sheriff's Office — Bunnell, FL

Cardiac

End of Watch September 9, 2011

Age 33

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Sergeant Francesco Celico suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a suspicious person call.

When Sergeant Celico arrived at the residence, an unknown person was lurking in the yard. Sergeant Celico chased the suspect into the woods and searched for 25 minutes. Afterward, he began to feel ill, did not complete his shift, and subsequently went into cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead at Florida Hospital Flagler.

Sergeant Celico had served with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office for 11 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother, father, and brother.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Celico gave the Flagler County Sheriff's Office 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bunnell community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Celico.

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

Agency

Department Flagler County Sheriff's Office

Location Bunnell, FL

Platform Identity fcso.flagler.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 9, 2011

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Sergeant Francesco Luigi Celico 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 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 2.2 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Flagler County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Flagler County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

16.7% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac