Richard David Lendell

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Cardiac Veteran →

End of Watch January 15, 1983

Age 43

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Badge 4578

The Vigil Panel 126 ›

Gender Male

His Life Service The Sacrifice Military Department 377

His Life

Police Officer Richard Lendell suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to an officer needs assistance call. As a result of the heart attack, Officer Lendell's patrol car crashed into parked cars at 72nd Street and Ogontz Avenue. Responding officers were prevented from entering the vehicle by Officer Lendell's canine partner, King, who was protecting Officer Lendell. Another canine officer got King out of the vehicle, which allowed officers to get to Officer Lendell. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Officer Lendell was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 16 years.

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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 Lendell gave the Philadelphia Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community, and 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

Type Police Department

Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Service Record

End of Watch January 15, 1983

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Age 43

Badge Number 4578

Gender Male

His Life Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Richard David Lendell served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Richard David Lendell 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 32,587 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 32,587 officers

4% Cardiac