Springfield Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Monday, September 11, 1967
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 13 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: September 11, 1967
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Detective Sears and several officers had conducted a raid of a home and arrested two suspects for armed robbery. While questioning the suspects Detective Sears suffered a fatal heart attack.
He had been with the agency for 13 years and was survived by his wife and child.