End of Watch May 20, 2022
Age 26
Tour of Duty 4 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Trainee Cody Olafson died after suffering a medical emergency while training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia.

Officer Olafson had served with the United States Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations for four months and was assigned to the Pembina Port of Entry in North Dakota.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother, sister, and both grandmothers.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Trainee Olafson served with the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Trainee Olafson.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdhscbpofofed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 20, 2022
Tour of Duty 4 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Cody is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 2022, 135 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 4th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Cody was 26. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Cody had served 0.3 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

May holds 6.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations has 39 officers remembered here, Cody among them.

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Where

Officer Trainee Cody Alan Olafson

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations · End of Watch May 20, 2022

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 2-E

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