JAMES WARD

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 54-E: 22
Department: Jacksonville, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: October 17, 1996
Cause: PHYS
Age: 46
Years of Service: 23
Description: Sergeant Ward suffered a fatal heart attack within a few hours of conducting a robbery deployment using a bicycle for his mode of transportation. In a case heard by the District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida, it was found that "the exertion of riding a bike at work was the major contributing cause of the heart attack."
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