Tronoski Dontel Jones
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Detention Officer

Tronoski Dontel Jones

Cardiac
End of Watch August 20, 2015
Age 26
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 10 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Detention Officer Tronoski Jones suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to deal with a combative inmate at the Baker Street Jail shortly after 4:00 am.

The inmate was being moved from a recreational area to a cell when he began to argue. OC spray was deployed when he became combative and non-compliant. Officer Jones collapsed during the incident and passed away a short time later.

Officer Jones had served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for just under four years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two children, mother, and several siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detention Officer Jones gave the Harris County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Officer Jones.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 20, 2015
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 10 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

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

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2015, 21 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 7th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Tronoski was 26. 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. Tronoski had served 3.8 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

August holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Thursdays: 14.5%.

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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

Harris County Sheriff's Office has 56 officers remembered here, Tronoski among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detention Officer Tronoski Dontel Jones

Harris County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch August 20, 2015

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-E

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