Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman John Ronan suffered a fatal heart attack while restraining a violent prisoner inside a restaurant at 166-39 Jamaica Avenue.
He was acting as a chauffeur for the Assistant Chief Inspector in charge of the Manhattan Detectives. While inside the restaurant a plainclothes officer got into a struggle with a subject who was acting disorderly. Patrolman Ronan assisted the officers in arresting the subject who fought with officers outside the restaurant and inside the Jamaica Police Station House. After placing the subject inside the cell Patrolman Ronan suffered a fatal heart attack inside the sitting room. A doctor was called and pronounced Patrolman Ronan dead.
Patrolman Ronan was a U.S Army veteran of World war I and served with the New York City Police Department for 26 years.
God bless you and thank you for your service both in world was 1 and to the city . Rest In Peace …. Hero
Ret. Po ohara Nypd mounted June 26th, 2021
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Ronan gave the New York City Police Department 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
John Patrick Ronan served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman John Patrick Ronan 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 NY, 99 of 2,147 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At New York City Police Department, 44 of 1237 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Patrick Ronan's cause is highlighted.
How John Patrick Ronan Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. John Patrick Ronan is highlighted in Jun.
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