Paul Hernandez
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Sergeant

Paul Hernandez

Cardiac
End of Watch October 4, 2012
Age 67
Tour of Duty 35 yrs 8 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Paul Hernandez suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in physical readiness training at the Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Office in San Antonio.

Sergeant Hernandez had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety for over 35 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and son.

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35 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Hernandez gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 35 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Hernandez.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 4, 2012
Tour of Duty 35 yrs 8 mo
Age 67
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Paul 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 2012, 11 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 54th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Paul was 67. 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. Paul had served 35.6 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

October holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Thursdays: 14.5%.

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By day of the week
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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.

Every cause
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His people

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Paul among them.

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Paul Hernandez

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch October 4, 2012

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-E

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