Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Michael Ryan suffered a fatal heart attack after being involved in a short foot pursuit in the parking lot of the Main Jail at 5555 SE 1st Avenue in Fort Lauderdale on December 15th, 2017.
The subject had attempted to bring a knife into the jail while visiting an inmate. He was told to take the knife to his vehicle. As Deputy Ryan escorted the man outside the man ran, with Deputy Ryan in pursuit. Deputy Ryan collapsed and was transported to Broward Health Medical Center where he remained until passing away on December 31st, 2017.
Deputy Ryan had served with the Broward County Sheriff's Office for just under 14 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, three stepsons, and three brothers.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Ryan gave the Broward County Sheriff's Office 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Lauderdale community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Ryan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Michael David Ryan 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 Broward County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 24 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael David Ryan's cause is highlighted.
How Michael David Ryan Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Michael David Ryan is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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