Lloyd C. Utz
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Detective

Lloyd C. Utz

Cardiac
End of Watch September 7, 1934
Age 36
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Gender Male

Incident

Location: Ohio Weapon: Person Offender: Not available

Detective Lloyd Utz suffered a fatal heart attack while holding three suspects at gunpoint in Mansfield, Ohio.

He had caught the three men stealing coal from a train and was attempting to arrest them when he collapsed.

Detective Utz was survived by his wife and three children.

Survivors

Detective Utz was survived by his wife and three children.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-RR-DFB40738
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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Utz served with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Utz.

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

Agency

Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity borpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 7, 1934
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Cause Detail Heart attack
Weapon Person

Detective Lloyd C. Utz 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 MD, 22 of 377 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, 1 of 22 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.5% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department
1
of 22 officers
4.5% Cardiac
MD — Statewide
22
of 377 officers
5.8% 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. Lloyd C. Utz'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 Lloyd C. Utz Compares

Age at End of Watch
36
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Lloyd C. Utz is highlighted in Sep.

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

Incident Location