Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant John DeLashmit suffered a fatal heart attack while jogging at the track as part of training for the department's Tactical Unit.
He had just finished a firearms portion of the training and had started jogging when he collapsed.
Sergeant DeLashmit had served with the Covington Police Department for 23 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant DeLashmit gave the Covington Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Covington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant DeLashmit.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John Wayne DeLashmit 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 TN, 37 of 769 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.8% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Covington Police Dept., 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Wayne DeLashmit's cause is highlighted.
How John Wayne DeLashmit Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. John Wayne DeLashmit is highlighted in Nov.
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