Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Lawrence Craig suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after directing traffic around a disabled motorist during a period of high temperatures.
He cleared from the scene and a short time later radioed dispatch that he needed assistance. Responding officers and fire personnel located him near 240 Roosevelt Avenue and attempted to revive him with CPR and a defibrillator but were unsuccessful. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Sergeant Craig had served with the Carteret Police Department for 37 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his three children and mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
37 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Craig gave the Carteret Police Department 37 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Carteret community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Craig.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Lawrence Michael Craig 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 NJ, 38 of 646 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Carteret Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lawrence Michael Craig's cause is highlighted.
How Lawrence Michael Craig Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Lawrence Michael Craig is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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