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Deputy Sheriff

Carlos Mentril Hall

San Juan County Sheriff's Dept. — Monticello, UT

Cardiac

End of Watch August 20, 1965

Age 55

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Carlos Hall suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after struggling with two intoxicated female inmates in a holding cell in Bluff, Utah.

He suffered minor injuries during the scuffle and drove himself home. Upon arriving home he began to suffer chest pains and asked his wife to call for an ambulance. He died while being transported to a hospital in Monticello.

Deputy Hall was survived by his wife and eight children.

Survivors

Deputy Hall was survived by his wife and eight children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hall served with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Monticello community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hall.

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

Agency

Department San Juan County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Monticello, UT

Platform Identity sjcso.sanjuan.ut.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 20, 1965

Age 55

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Weapon Person

Deputy Sheriff Carlos Mentril Hall 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 UT, 1 of 138 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 0.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.3 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.

At San Juan County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

San Juan County Sheriff's Dept.

of 2 officers

50% Cardiac

UT — Statewide

of 138 officers

0.7% 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. Carlos Mentril Hall'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 Carlos Mentril Hall Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Carlos Mentril Hall is highlighted in Aug.

Jan

124

Feb

105

Mar

Apr

116

May

115

Jun

Jul

Aug

104

Sep

109

Oct

121

Nov

113

Dec

111

Incident Location

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