James Adam Rementer

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Cardiac Veteran →

End of Watch May 21, 1985

Age 51

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Badge 4439

The Vigil Panel 129 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 377

Incident

Officer Remeter died of a heart attack while on duty as a turnkey in the 1st District. He was moving equipment in the station when he collapsed and was later pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital.

Officer Rementer was a U.S Army veteran and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 25 years.

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Last updated: 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.
Police Officer Rementer gave the Philadelphia Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. 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

Department Philadelphia Police Department

Location Philadelphia, PA

Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 21, 1985

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Age 51

Badge Number 4439

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

James Adam Rementer served in the Army (1955â1957) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer James Adam Rementer 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 PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 37 of 378 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.8% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department

of 378 officers

9.8% Cardiac

PA — Statewide

118

of 1,261 officers

9.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac