Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Lendell

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Police Officer Richard Lendell
Philadelphia Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, January 14, 1983

 

Biographical Info
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 16 years
Badge Number: 4578

 

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: Friday, January 14, 1983
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

 

Officer Lendell suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to an officer needs assistance call. As a result of the heart attack, Officer Lendell's patrol car crashed into a parked cars at 72nd Street and Ogontz Avenue.

Responding officers were prevented from entering the vehicle by Officer Lendell's canine partner, King, who was protecting Officer Lendell. Another canine officer was able to get King out of the vehicle which allowed officers to get to Officer Lendell. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officer Lendell had served with the agency for 14 years.

 

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