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Lieutenant

Glen Ernest Giles

Alcoa Police Department — Alcoa, TN

Cardiac Veteran →

End of Watch July 3, 1987

Age 46

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

The Vigil Panel 132 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Lieutenant Glen Giles suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after struggling with a subject during an arrest.

He had encountered the man on Alcoa Highway, near Wright Road, at approximately 11:00 pm. The man began to resist as Lieutenant Giles attempted to arrest him for public intoxication. Lieutenant Giles and another officer took the subject to the ground and subdued him.

At approximately 1:30 am other officers noticed that Lieutenant Giles had failed to return to the station at the end of the shift. They located him slumped over in his cruiser. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Lieutenant Giles had served with the Alcoa Police Department for 15 years and had previously served with the Blount County Sheriff's Office. He was a U.S.

Survivors

Marine Corps veteran and was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, grandchild, parents, and and brother.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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.
Lieutenant Giles gave the Alcoa Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Alcoa 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 Alcoa Police Department

Location Alcoa, TN

Platform Identity apd.blount.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 3, 1987

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Weapon Person

Offender Arrested

Military Service

Glen Ernest Giles served in the Marine Corps (1958â1962) before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant Glen Ernest Giles 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 Alcoa Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Alcoa Police Department

of 4 officers

25% Cardiac

TN — Statewide

of 769 officers

4.8% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac