Crossett Police Department, Arkansas
End of Watch: Wednesday, February 8, 1978
Age: 61
Tour of Duty: 16 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: February 8, 1978
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: Not available
Captain Tew died when he suffered a heart attack shortly after restraining a prisoner. He and another officer had arrested two men for causing a disturbance. While bringing the men to city hall for processing it became necessary to physically restrain one of them in order to place handcuffs on him. Shortly afterwords Captain Tew suffered a heart attack in the police station.
Captain Tew had been with the agency for 16 1/2 years.