Menzo C. Grady

Muscatine Police Department — Muscatine, IA

Cardiac

End of Watch July 4, 1947

Age 58

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Assistant Chief Menzo Grady suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after responding to the scene of an automobile accident during a soap box derby in the town. An accident occurred a short distance away. Assistant Chief Grady ran up a hill to the accident scene in 100-degree temperatures and assisted with pulling the victims from the car. He collapsed shortly after returning to the derby. Assistant Chief Grady had served in law enforcement for over 30 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his daughter and 18 grandchildren.

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Tributes

30 years. You could have gone home.
Assistant Chief of Police Grady gave the Muscatine Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Muscatine community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Chief of Police Grady.

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

Agency

Department Muscatine Police Department

Location Muscatine, IA

Platform Identity mpd.muscatine.ia.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 4, 1947

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Assistant Chief of Police Menzo C. Grady 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 IA, 11 of 226 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Muscatine Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Muscatine Police Department

of 4 officers

25% Cardiac

IA — Statewide

of 226 officers

4.9% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac