Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Walter Debold suffered a fatal heart attack immediately after responding to a man with a gun call at a restaurant on Springfield Avenue.
Once he arrived on the scene he and other officers had to break up a fight. After returning to his patrol car he collapsed and was transported to St. Michael's Hospital, where he died a few minutes later.
Sergeant Debold had served with the Newark Police Department for a total of 29 years and was assigned to the 1st Precinct.
Survivors
He was survived by his brother and three sisters.
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Tributes
29 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Debold gave the Newark Police Division 29 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Debold.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Walter A. Debold is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 5.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Newark Police Division, 3 of 58 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter A. Debold's cause is highlighted.
How Walter A. Debold Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Walter A. Debold is highlighted in Dec.
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