In September 2020, twenty law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in the United States, bringing our year-to-date total up to 212 officers, a 91% increase over the same time last year. The increase is largely due to the high number of COVID deaths in the law enforcement community:117 so far in 2020.
Of the twenty deaths in September, seven were due to COVID-19; six were auto-related (four auto crashes, one struck by vehicle, one vehicular assault); four deaths were the result of gunfire, one was due to assault, one was the result of 9/11-related cancer, and one was sue to another duty-related illness.
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 and we ask our supporters to take moment to read the memorials from September 2020 and remember the fallen.
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Corporal Charles E. Holt Tarrant County Sheriff's Office (TX) |
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Corporal Bryant Searcy Wayne County Sheriff's Office (MI) |
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Detective Peter "Pietro" Gianfrancesco New York City Police Department (NY) |
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Captain Stanley Curtis Elrod Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA) |
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Trooper Thomas William Devlin Massachusetts State Police (MA) |
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Detective James M. Skernivitz Cleveland Division of Police (OH) |
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Police Officer Sean C. Peek Cleveland Division of Police (OH) |
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Detective Jose Mora Fresno County Sheriff's Office (CA) |
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Investigator Luis "Mario" Herrera Fresno County Sheriff's Office (CA) |
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Deputy Sheriff Ryan Phillip Hendrix Henderson County Sheriff's Office (NC) |
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Deputy Sheriff Angela Chavers Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (FL) |
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Corrections Officer Susan Ann Roberts Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (FL) |
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Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan U.S. Air Force Security Forces (U.S. Gov't) |
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Sergeant Alvin R. Sugrañes-Lebrón Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (PR) |
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Sergeant Charles Edward Norton Richmond County Sheriff's Office (GA) |
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Deputy Sheriff Christopher Smith McClennan County Sheriff's Office (TX) |
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Master Jail Officer Robert Charles Sanukjian Hampton Roads Regional Jail (VA)
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Deputy Sheriff Kenny Ingram Fulton County Sheriff's Office (GA) |