ABRUM KERL

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Officer Rank: Deputy Constable
Memorial Panel: 46-E: 23
Department: Harris County, Texas, C.O., Pct. 3
End of Watch: January 26, 1978
Cause: PHYS
Age: 58
Years of Service:
Description: Deputy Kerl and Constable Jim Douglas served a warrant to a man revoking his probation. The man resisted arrest and struggled with the officers before being handcuffed and placed in the patrol car. Deputy Kerl got into the car and suffered a massive heart attack. Deputy Kerl was rushed to the hospital and died about an hour later.
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