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Lieutenant

Roy Dellad Blake

Cocoa Police Department — Cocoa, FL

Accident

End of Watch July 9, 1954

Age 43

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Lieutenant Roy Blake was accidentally shot and killed when his service revolver fell from its holster as he searched a vehicle in the 200 block of Willard Street.

Deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office had arrested a man for reckless driving. Lieutenant Blake received consent to search the car from the driver's wife as the man was processed at the Cocoa Police station. As he leaned inside of the car his pistol fell from its holster and discharged, with the round striking him in the torso.

He was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to the wound.

Lieutenant Blake had served with the Cocoa Police Department for eight years and was serving as the acting chief.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two teenage children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Blake gave the Cocoa Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cocoa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Blake.

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

Agency

Department Cocoa Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Cocoa, Brevard County, FL

Platform Identity cpd.brevard.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 9, 1954

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Lieutenant Roy Dellad Blake is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.

In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Cocoa Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

FL — Statewide

313

of 1,008 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roy Dellad Blake's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,559 (53.9%)

Accident

10,095 (31%)

Illness

3,037 (9.3%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

334 (1%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

How Roy Dellad Blake Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service