Mathew Boone

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Cardiac

End of Watch January 26, 1905

Age 62

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Police Officer Mathew Boone suffered a fatal heart attack while walking his beat in the Lafayette Square area during a severe snow storm.

He had been making his rounds for several hours when his supervisor noticed he did not look well and sent him home. He collapsed a short time later and passed away.

Officer Boone had served with the Baltimore Police Department for 35 years and was assigned to the Northwestern District.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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Tributes

35 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Boone gave the Baltimore City Police Department 35 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Boone.

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

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Dept.

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 26, 1905

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

Age 62

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Police Officer Mathew Boone 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 MD, 22 of 377 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Baltimore Police Dept., 8 of 151 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.3% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore Police Dept.

of 151 officers

5.3% Cardiac

MD — Statewide

of 377 officers

5.8% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac