Thomas Coulter
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Police Officer

Thomas Coulter

Daytona Beach Police Department — Daytona Beach, FL
Cardiac
End of Watch May 21, 2018
Age 25
Tour of Duty
The Vigil Panel 374 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Thomas Coulter suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting physical training in front of the Daytona Beach Police Department headquarters, on Valor Boulevard, on May 18th, 2018.

He was participating in a team job with other newly-hired police officers when he began to feel ill and collapsed. He was transported to a local hospital where his condition worsened. He passed away on May 21st, 2018.

Officer Coulter had served with the Daytona Beach Police Department for one week.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife of six months.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Coulter served with the Daytona Beach Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Daytona Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Coulter.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Daytona Beach, Volusia County, FL
Platform Identity dbpd.volusia.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 21, 2018
Tour of Duty
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Cause Detail Heart attack

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2018, 20 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 10th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Thomas was 25. 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. Thomas had served 0 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

May holds 8.8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Mondays: 12.9%.

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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

Daytona Beach Police Department has 11 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

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Where

Police Officer Thomas Coulter

Daytona Beach Police Department · End of Watch May 21, 2018

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-E

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