Roll of Honor
Incident
Assistant Chief Orion Hale suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to arrest a subject.
The subject resisted arrest, and Chief Hale collapsed. He was unable to be resuscitated.
Chief Hale had served with the Germantown Police Department for 19 years.
Survivors
He was survived by a son and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Assistant Chief Hale gave the Germantown Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Germantown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Chief Hale.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Assistant Chief Orion Owen Hale 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 OH, 43 of 991 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Germantown Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Orion Owen Hale's cause is highlighted.
How Orion Owen Hale Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Orion Owen Hale is highlighted in Dec.
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