RODNEY T BUTTS
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 5
Department: Sacramento, California, P.D.
End of Watch: October 15, 1975
Cause: PHYS
Age: 40
Years of Service: 15
Description: Police Officer Butts suffered a fatal heart attack after he and fellow officers struggled to subdue a suspect. A hotel clerk called police to remove a man, who was not a guest, from the hotel lobby. Officer Butts and fellow officers responded to the disturbance call and used mace and batons to subdue the combative suspect. Officer Butts collapsed after taking the suspect into custody and was transported to the hospital where he died.
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