Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Jeffery Springer suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism shortly after being involved in a foot pursuit in which he was assaulted.
Lieutenant Springer caught the suspect and was assaulted as he held him down waiting for backup officers. After the incident he felt ill and was taken to the emergency room where he suffered a heart attack.
Lieutenant Springer had served in law enforcement for 23 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife two children.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Springer gave the Waxahachie Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Waxahachie community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Springer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Jeffery Lee Springer is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Waxahachie Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeffery Lee Springer's cause is highlighted.
How Jeffery Lee Springer Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jeffery Lee Springer is highlighted in Aug.
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