Police Officer

John W. Loveland

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Cardiac
End of Watch February 10, 1883
Age 50
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer John Loveland suffered a fatal heart attack while making an arrest of a man who had been abusing a woman. He was walking his prisoner to the police station when he suddenly collapsed in the area of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold Street, near the crossing at Ives' Bank. Officer Loveland had served with the Detroit Police Department for seven years. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum.

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143 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Loveland gave the Detroit Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 10, 1883
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

John is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1883, 2 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 107th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John was 50. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. John had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

February holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Saturdays: 14.3%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 16.1% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

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Where

Police Officer John W. Loveland

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch February 10, 1883

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 3-W

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