Carl L. Frazier
Sergeant

Carl L. Frazier

Cardiac
End of Watch October 9, 1979
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Carl Frazier suffered a fatal heart attack while removing a large crop of marijuana from the bottom of a canyon southeast of Florence.

Sergeant Frazier had served as the supervisor for the Florence outpost of the Lane County Sheriff's Office.

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BO-US-OR-831603DF
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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Frazier served with the Lane County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Eugene community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Frazier.

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

Agency

Location Eugene, OR
Platform Identity lcso.lane.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 9, 1979
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Sergeant Carl L. Frazier 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%.

At Lane County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

Lane County Sheriff's Dept.
1
of 7 officers
14.3% Cardiac
OR — Statewide
11
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. Carl L. Frazier'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 Carl L. Frazier Compares

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Carl L. Frazier is highlighted in Oct.

Jan
124
Feb
105
Mar
99
Apr
116
May
115
Jun
95
Jul
94
Aug
104
Sep
109
Oct
121
Nov
113
Dec
111