Incident
Police Officer Timothy Haley died from a brain hemorhage that he suffered while taking part in department training.
Officer Haley was a member of the SWAT team and was engaged in a SWAT physical excursion training exercise when he began to suffer from pain in the head and fell unconscious.
He was taken to the hospital, where it was determined that a blood vessel in his brain had ruptured, and that he was brain dead. Officer Haley remained on life support for five days so that his organs could be donated.
Officer Haley had served with the Columbus Division of Police for 21 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, three children, mother, brother, and sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Haley gave the Columbus Division of Police 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Haley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Timothy Allen Haley is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OH, 49 of 991 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Columbus Division of Police, 2 of 59 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Allen Haley's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy Allen Haley Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
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