Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Carl Setser suffered a fatal heart attack after serving a warrant on a bank robbery suspect. On August 11, 1971, the Cincinnati weather was muggy and humid when Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents, Detective Setser, and two other officers moved heavy appliances while searching a bank robbery suspect's apartment. After compiling evidence, Detective Setser carried heavy boxes of evidence to his patrol car. Upon returning to the Criminal Investigation Section with boxes in the truck and the subject in the back seat, Detective Setser and his partner pushed a vehicle out of a double parking space. When Detective Setser reached the 6th-story Robbery Squad Office, he complained of not feeling well. Despite not feeling well, Detective Setser went to work the next day. That night, he was rushed to Bethesda Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Detective Setser was a United States Navy Reserve veteran and had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for 19 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, seven children, his mother, and a brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Detective Setser gave the Cincinnati Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Carl W. Setser served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Detective Carl W. Setser 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 Cincinnati Police Department, 4 of 106 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Carl W. Setser's cause is highlighted.
How Carl W. Setser Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Carl W. Setser is highlighted in Aug.
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