Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Ten Eyck suffered a fatal heart attack immediately after dealing with an unruly prisoner who had been complaining about being arrested and handcuffed. After refusing to cut the prisoner any slack Sheriff Ten Eyck began to walk out of the room and collapsed. Sheriff Ten Eyck had served as sheriff for 25 years.
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25 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Ten Eyck gave the Pecos County Sheriff's Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Stockton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Ten Eyck.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff C. S. "Pete" Ten Eyck 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 TX, 88 of 2,421 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen.
At Pecos County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. C. S. "Pete" Ten Eyck's cause is highlighted.
How C. S. "Pete" Ten Eyck Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. C. S. "Pete" Ten Eyck is highlighted in Feb.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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