Cerilo Aganon "Bambi" Agarano, Jr.

Maui County Police Department — Wailuku, HI

Cardiac

End of Watch November 9, 1999

Age 45

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Police Officer III Cerilo Agarano suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting a surveillance operation with federal agents in a rugged area of Upper Kanaio at about 5:15 am.

The agents were hiking into the area to conduct surveillance prior to conducting a search warrant. Officer Agarano became fatigued and sat under a shade tree. Other officers noticed that he did not get up and discovered him unconscious. They performed CPR on him until he was flown to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A search warrant was served at the site as part of the investigation several days later, resulting in the discovery of the largest crystal methamphetamine lab in the state's history.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer III Agarano gave the Maui County Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Wailuku community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer III Agarano.

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

Agency

Department Maui County Police Department

Location Wailuku, HI

Platform Identity mcpd.maui.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 9, 1999

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Police Officer III Cerilo Aganon "Bambi" Agarano, Jr. 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 HI, 5 of 64 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.8% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Maui County Police Department, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Maui County Police Department

of 6 officers

16.7% Cardiac

HI — Statewide

of 64 officers

7.8% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac