Douglas Odell Parsons

Kissimmee Police Department — Kissimmee, FL

Cardiac

End of Watch April 27, 1993

Age 51

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Badge 61

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Sergeant Parsons suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after a departmental physical fitness test in which he walked three miles along Neptune Road. He returned home after scoring highly on the test and collapsed approximately two hours later. The Kissimmee Police Department gym was named after Sergeant Parsons and dedicated to him on April 27th, 1994 Sergeant Parsons had served with the Kissimmee Police Department for 16 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Parsons gave the Kissimmee Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kissimmee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Parsons.

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

Agency

Department Kissimmee Police Department

Location Kissimmee, FL

Platform Identity kpd.osceola.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 27, 1993

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Age 51

Badge Number 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Sergeant Douglas Odell Parsons 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 Kissimmee Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Kissimmee Police Department

of 4 officers

25% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac