Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Renee Padgett died as the result of developing a rare form of blood cancer following her exposure to toxic chemicals during an investigation.
She was assisting with a large-scale environmental crimes investigation along with members of the United States Environment Protection Agency at the Japanese Auto Wrecking located at 7777 S 262nd Street in Kent, Washington. Employees at the site had dumped thousands of gallons of petroleum products and other toxic substances directly in the ground over a period of several years.
Trooper Padgett was exposed to the substances during the prolonged investigation after she and EPA investigators first visited the site on February 27th, 2003.
She passed away on September 4th, 2018.
Trooper Padgett is survived by her wife, son, daughter, mother, and two sisters.
Survivors
Trooper Padgett is survived by her wife, son, daughter, mother, and two sisters.
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27 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Padgett gave the Washington State Patrol 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Washington. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Padgett.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Suzanne "Renee" Padgett is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In WA, 19 of 340 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Washington State Patrol, 2 of 34 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Suzanne "Renee" Padgett's cause is highlighted.
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When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Suzanne "Renee" Padgett is highlighted in Sep.
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