Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Eye suffered a fatal heart attack after breaking up a fight at a local carnival. Patrolman Eye had served with the agency for 40 years. He had retired in 1949 but remained a special officer with the agency.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
40 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Eye gave the Calais Police Department 40 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Calais community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Eye.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Howard William Eye 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 ME, 16 of 102 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 15.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.7 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Howard William Eye's cause is highlighted.
How Howard William Eye Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Howard William Eye is highlighted in Aug.