Roll of Honor
Incident
Assistant Superintendent Hearn suffered a heart attack while directing police operations at the scene of a fire at Horticultural Hall in Fairmount Park.
Assistant Superintendent had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 39 years.
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- July 23, 2026
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39 years. You could have gone home.
Assistant Superintendent Hearn gave the Philadelphia Police Department 39 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Superintendent Hearn.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Assistant Superintendent James J. Hearn 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James J. Hearn's cause is highlighted.
How James J. Hearn Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. James J. Hearn is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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