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.
Corporal Charles E. Holt Tarrant County Sheriff's Office (TX) |
Corporal Bryant Searcy Wayne County Sheriff's Office (MI) |
Detective Peter "Pietro" Gianfrancesco New York City Police Department (NY) |
Captain Stanley Curtis Elrod Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA) |
Trooper Thomas William Devlin Massachusetts State Police (MA) |
Detective James M. Skernivitz Cleveland Division of Police (OH) |
Police Officer Sean C. Peek Cleveland Division of Police (OH) |
Detective Jose Mora Fresno County Sheriff's Office (CA) |
Investigator Luis "Mario" Herrera Fresno County Sheriff's Office (CA) |
Deputy Sheriff Ryan Phillip Hendrix Henderson County Sheriff's Office (NC) |
Deputy Sheriff Angela Chavers Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (FL) |
Corrections Officer Susan Ann Roberts Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (FL) |
Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan U.S. Air Force Security Forces (U.S. Gov't) |
Sergeant Alvin R. Sugrañes-Lebrón Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (PR) |
Sergeant Charles Edward Norton Richmond County Sheriff's Office (GA) |
Deputy Sheriff Christopher Smith McClennan County Sheriff's Office (TX) |
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) |