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Chief of Police

Thomas W. Hall

Northwood Police Department — Northwood, OH

Illness Veteran

End of Watch December 31, 1981

Age 62

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Chief of Police Thomas Hall suffered a fatal stroke at 11:32 a.m. after responding to an accident at a Grabbenstetter Chrysler and Plymouth Dealer located at the intersection of State Route 20 and State Route 23. Chief Hall was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He had served with the Northwood Police Department for 13 years and had previously served with the Toledo Police Department for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, two daughters, and nine grandchildren.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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.
Chief of Police Hall gave the Northwood Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Northwood community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Northwood Police Department

Location Northwood, OH

Platform Identity npd.logan.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1981

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Age 62

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Thomas W. Hall served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Chief of Police Thomas W. Hall 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%.

Northwood Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Illness

OH — Statewide

of 991 officers

4.9% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas W. Hall's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Thomas W. Hall Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

Years of Service