Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Daniel Martin suffered a fatal heart attack after making two felony arrests.
On the afternoon of March 1st, 2018, he made eleven enforcement contacts and made two felony warrant arrests at 7:00 p.m. He ended his shift at 11:00 p.m. He suffered a heart attack at 11:40 p.m. and was transported to the local hospital by ambulance. Shortly after midnight, he was flown to Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He underwent open-heart surgery. He was released from the hospital three days later and began rehab. He was still taking rehab on April 22nd, 2018, when he appeared to suffer another heart attack and was transported to the hospital where life-saving procedures were not successful.
He was pronounced dead just after midnight.
Trooper Martin was a United States Navy veteran. He had served with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for 11 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three sons.
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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.
Trooper Martin gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Thank you 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
Daniel Boyd Martin served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Trooper Daniel Boyd Martin 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 OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen.
At Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 2 of 39 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel Boyd Martin's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel Boyd Martin Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel Boyd Martin is highlighted in Apr.
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