Across the United States, a total of 22 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in August 2020. Of those line of duty deaths, sixteen were the result of COVID-19, two were the result of gunfire, two were auto-related (one vehicular assault and one auto crash), one was the result of a heart attack, and one was the result of drowning.
The total number of line of duty deaths in 2020 stands at 180 at the end of August, and 100 of those deaths were from COVID-19.
The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in August 2020 and ask that our supporters take a moment to read their memorials and remember the fallen:
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| Corrections Officer Daniel G. Oaks Yakima County Department of Corrections (WA) |
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| Sergeant Steven Splan Bloomfield Hills Public Safety Department (MI) |
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| Lieutenant Chris Cunningham Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (FL) |
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| Border Patrol Agent Marco A. Gonbzales U.S. Dept of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Patrol - U.S. Border Patrol (U.S. Govt) |
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| Sergeant Gilbert Polanco California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CA) |
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| Police Officer Sheena Dae Yarborough-Powell Beaumont Police Department (TX) |
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| Corrections Officer IV Lebouath Boua Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division (TX) |
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| Deputy Sheriff Stephen Bradley Crazywolf Dutton Harris County Sheriff's Office (GA) |
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| Corrections Officer V Elizabeth Jones Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division (TX) |
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| Lieutenant Aldemar Rengifo Broward County Sheriff's Office (FL) |
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| Detention Deputy Charles Pugh II Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office (FL) |
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| Corrections Officer V Herbert Garcia Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division (TX) |
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| Corporal Michael Ambrosino Horry County Police Department (SC) |
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| Sergeant Virgil Thomas Richmond Police Department (CA) |
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| Ranger Brendan Unitt Larimer County Department of Natural Resources (CO) |
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| Officer Lucas Saucedo U.S. Dept of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations (U.S. Govt) |
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| Deputy Sheriff Richard Treadwell Dane County Sheriff's Office (WI) |
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| Sergeant Raul Salazar, Jr Nueces County Sheriff's Office (TX) |
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| Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz Puerto Rico Police Department (PR) |
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| Police Officer Jorge Cabrera Mission Police Department (TX) |
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| Police Officer Bryan Brown Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department (Tribal Police) |
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| Police Officer Tamarris Leon-Wesley Bohannon St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (MO) |
*The officer below died in the line of duty in August 2020 but his death was not verified until after the creation of the infograph at the top of this post.
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| Corrections Officer V James Weston, Jr. Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division (TX) |
