Robert E. Fitzpatrick

Miami Beach Police Department — Miami Beach, FL

Illness Veteran

End of Watch April 3, 1985

Age 37

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Police Officer Robert Fitzpatrick died after getting a blood clot as a result of a SWAT training accident in which he hurt his knee on October 25th, 1984. He underwent surgery for the injury on March 13th, 1985, The blood clot traveled from his knee to his heart. Officer Fitzpatrick was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Miami Beach Police Department for 14 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Fitzpatrick gave the Miami Beach Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Miami Beach community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Miami Beach Police Department

Location Miami Beach, FL

Platform Identity mbpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 3, 1985

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Robert E. Fitzpatrick served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Robert E. Fitzpatrick 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 Miami Beach Police Department, 2 of 10 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Miami Beach Police Department

of 10 officers

20% Illness

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

8% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness