Cornelius Bernard Anderson
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Deputy Sheriff

Cornelius Bernard Anderson

Accident
End of Watch July 12, 2020
Age 28
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Cornelius Anderson died two days after suffering heatstroke while participating in a 1-1/2 mile run while attending the Basic Peace Officer’s Course at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Academy.

Deputy Anderson had served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for one year as a detention officer and was training to become a sheriff's deputy. He was posthumously promoted.

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You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Anderson gave the Harris County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Anderson.

— 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 July 12, 2020
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Cornelius is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 2020, 45 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 103rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Cornelius was 28. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Cornelius had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Cornelius Bernard Anderson

Harris County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch July 12, 2020

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 57-W

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