Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Eddie Thomas died while struggling with a male subject at a home on Vine Road.
Officer Thomas had responded to the location to assist paramedics with a combative patient who was suffering a diabetic episode due to low blood sugar. When Officer Thomas arrived at the scene, the patient began to struggle with him. Officer Thomas depressed the emergency button on his radio and was then able to handcuff the man. When backup officers arrived, they found Officer Thomas unconscious next to the subject.
Officer Thomas was a U.S. Coast Guard Reserve veteran who served with the Brier Police Department for nine months and in law enforcement for a total of six years with the Sauk-Suiattle Police Department, Evergreen State College Police Department, and Quinault Police Department.
Survivors
He is survived by his mother, father, brother, two sisters, grandparents, nephew, girlfriend, and her two children.
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- August 2, 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.
Police Officer Thomas gave the Brier Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Brier 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edwanton Allen "Eddie" Thomas served in the U.S. Coast Guard before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Edwanton Allen "Eddie" Thomas is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In WA, 18 of 340 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edwanton Allen "Eddie" Thomas's cause is highlighted.
How Edwanton Allen "Eddie" Thomas Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Edwanton Allen "Eddie" Thomas is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Edwanton Allen "Eddie" Thomas served in the U.S. Coast Guard before joining law enforcement.
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