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Resource Protection Officer

Steven Vance Caddy

Oregon Military Department - Portland Air Base Police — Portland, OR

Cardiac

End of Watch July 16, 2003

Age 49

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Resource Protection Officer Steven Caddy suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting a training exercise with members of the Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Security Forces Squadron

Officer Caddy was renewing his duty certification and was presented with a scenario in which an intruder violated a restricted area of the Portland National Guard Air Base.

Officer Caddy encountered the guardsman posing as the intruder on one of the runway ramps and confronted him. Officer Caddy instructed the guardsman to put down a box he was carrying and to lie down. Once the guardsman was on the ground, Officer Caddy handcuffed him and began searching him. As he was about to complete the search, he suddenly collapsed.

Another guardsman with Officer Caddy immediately rolled him over and radioed for medical assistance. A third airman removed the handcuffs from the original airman and the three attempted to clear Officer Caddy's airway, and then began CPR. Medical personnel arrived on the scene, took over medical attention, and transported Officer Caddy to Woodland Park Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officer Caddy had served in law enforcement with the Portland Air Base Police Department for six months. He had a total of 27 years in law enforcement, and had previously served with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Warrenton Police Department, Warm Springs Tribal Police Department, Crook County Sheriff's Office, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Stanfield Police Department, and Lake County Sheriff's Office.

He is survived by his three children.

Survivors

He is survived by his three children.

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Tributes

27 years. You could have gone home.
Resource Protection Officer Caddy gave the Oregon Military Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Portland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Resource Protection Officer Caddy.

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

Agency

Department Oregon Military Department - Portland Air Base Police

Location Portland, OR

Platform Identity omdpabpd.multnomah.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 16, 2003

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 49

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Resource Protection Officer Steven Vance Caddy 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 OR, 11 of 197 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

Oregon Military Department - Portland Air Base Police

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

OR — Statewide

of 197 officers

5.6% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Steven Vance Caddy'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 Steven Vance Caddy Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service