Roll of Honor
Incident
Investigator Richard Grant suffered a fatal heart attack while investigating a motor vehicle fatality at Highway 78 East and Mountain Industrial Boulevard in Tucker.
Investigator Grant collapsed and was transported to Emory Decatur Hospital, where he passed away.
Investigator Grant had served one year with the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office. He had previously served for 24 years with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office and Clayton County Sheriff's Office.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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25 years. You could have gone home.
Investigator Grant gave the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Decatur community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Grant.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Investigator Richard M. Grant 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 GA, 23 of 903 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.5% of this state's fallen. That is 1.5 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard M. Grant's cause is highlighted.
How Richard M. Grant Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Richard M. Grant is highlighted in Jul.