End of Watch April 2020

April 2020 report showing 32 line of duty deaths, a 38% increase over the same time last year

In April 2020, 32 officers in the United States lost their lives in the line of duty; 23 of those line of duty deaths were the result of COVID-19 contracted while on duty.

Additionally, four officers died in April as the result of gunfire, three died as the result of automobile crashes, one died from vehicular assault, and one officer was struck by a vehicle.

At the end of April, a total of 69 officers had died in the line of duty, a 38% increase over the same time last year.

The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in April 2020. Please take a moment to read their memorials and remember the fallen:
 

Deputy Sheriff Jeff Hopkins
El Paso County Sheriff's Office (TX)

Deputy Sheriff Terrell Young
Riverside County Sheriff's Department (CA)

Police Officer Marco DiFranco
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Deputy Sheriff Shannon Bennett
Broward County Sheriff's Office (FL)

Corrections Officer IV Kelvin D. Wilcher
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Officer Breann Leath
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IN)

Sergeant Clifford W. Martin, Sr.
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Chief of Police Terry Engle
Hampton Police Department (IL)

Chief of Police Robert William Sealock
Aliquippa City Police Department (PA)

Deputy Sheriff Jeremy LaDue
Charleston County Sheriff's Office (SC)

Police Officer Jose Fontanez
Boston Police Department (MA)

Sergeant Joseph Spinosa
Sands Point Police Department (NY)

Detective Alex Ruperto
Union City Police Department (NJ)

Police Officer Ronald Newman
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Police Officer Justin Putnam
San Marcos Police Department (TX)

Police Officer Christopher Eric Ewing
Smyrna Police Department (GA)

Probation and Parole Agent Kaitlin Marie Cowley
Louisiana Dept of Public Safety and Corrections - Louisiana Probation and Parole (LA)

Warden Wilmot Sandlin "Sandy" McCain
Louisiana Department of Corrections (LA)

Corporal Lawrence Onley
United States Department of Defense - Naval District Washington Police Department (U.S. Govt)

Corrections Officer V Jonathon Keith Goodman
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Police Officer Dan Walters
San Diego Police Department (CA)

Chaplain II Akbar N. Shabazz
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Police Officer Joseph Cappello
Melrose Park Police Department (IL)

Patrolman Gary Walker
Bloomingdale Police Department (NJ)

Agent Miguel Martínez-Ortiz
Puerto Rico Police Department (PR)

Lieutenant Glenn Dale Hutto, Jr. 
Baton Rouge Police Department (LA)

Deputy Sheriff John Andrew Rhoden
Bell County Sheriff's Office (TX)

Corrections Officer Coy D. Coffman, Jr. 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Corrections Officer V James D. Coleman
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Senior Police Officer Mark Hall, Sr. 
New Orleans Police Department (LA)

Detective Sergeant Randall C. French
Troy Police Department (NY)

Detention Deputy Timothy De La Fuente
Bexar County Sheriff's Office (TX)

December 2019 End of Watch Report

December 2019 Line of Duty Death Report showing 19 total Line of Duty Deaths for a yearly total of 134, a 20% decrease from the total for 2018

In December 2019, nineteen officers in the United States died in the line of duty, making December the deadliest month of the year. Of those nineteen, nine line of duty deaths were auto-related (four automobile crashes, three vehicular assault, one vehicle assault, and one struck by vehicle); five were the result of gunfire; two were the result of heart attacks; two were the result of 9/11-related illnesses, and one was due to an explosion.

The yearly total for 2019, then, stands at 134 line of duty deaths nationally, a 20% decrease from 2018, and down in all four categories tracked by ODMP (gunfire, auto, heart, and other).

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 December 2019. Please take a moment to read the memorials of those officers who died in the line of duty and remember the fallen.

Sergeant Joshua Eli Voth
Colorado Department of Corrections (CO)

Agent Billy Fred Clardy, III
Huntsville Police Department (AL)

Deputy Chief Vincent A. DeMarino
New York City Police Department (NY)

Police Officer Stephen Paul Carr
Fayetteville Police Department (AR)

Sergeant Christopher Charles Lewis Brewster
Houston Police Department (TX)

Detective Joseph Seals
Jersey City Police Department (NJ)

Sergeant Kaila Marie Sullivan
Nassau Bay Police Department (TX)

Constable Eula Ray "Raye" Hawkins
Panola County Constable's Office (MS)

Chief Deputy Bobby Wayne Jacobs
Knott County Sheriff's Office (KY)

Private First Class Michael Shawn Latu
Marion County Sheriff's Office (SC)

Sergeant Anthony Oglesby, Jr. 
U.S. Dept of Defense - Naval District Washington Police Department (U.S. Gov't)

Sergeant Scott Johnston
New York City Police Department (NY)

Police Officer Jose Humberto Meza
Burnet Police Department (TX)

Detective Clifton Martinez
San Antonio Independent School District Police Department (TX)

Deputy Sheriff Bryan Charles Pfluger
San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office (TX)

Deputy Sheriff Cooper Dyson
Pierce County Sheriff's Department (WA)

Master Patrol Officer Spencer Bristol
Hendersonville Police Department (TN)

Police Officer Jerry Clyde Singleton
Fairfield Glade Police Department (TN)

Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson
Panola County Sheriff's Office (TX)

End of Watch Report June 2019

Line of Duty Death Report for June 2019 showing a total of 14 LODDs, a 34% decrease from this time last year

In June of 2019, 14 officers died in the line of duty in the United States, making this the deadliest month of the year.  Of those 14 line of duty deaths, five were the result of gunfire, three were the result of an automobile crash, two were the result of heart attacks, two officers were struck by a vehicle, and two officers died as a result of 9/11-related illness.  Although June was the deadliest month of 2019, the year-to-date total of 61 line of duty deaths nationally puts us at 34% below this point last year.

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 June 2019 and we ask that you take a moment to read each of their memorials and remember the fallen.

Police Officer William James Leahy
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (NY)

Police Officer Albert Ramirez Castaneda, Jr.
Grand Prairie Police Department (TX)

Police Officer Esmeralda Ponce Ramirez
Los Angeles Police Department (CA)

Sergeant David Jones Fitzpatrick
The Colony Police Department (TX)

Deputy Sheriff Julius Jamal "Jay" Dailey
Monroe County Sheriff's Office (AL)

Police Officer Steven James Brown
Port St. Lucie Police Department (FL)

Trooper William Moden
Colorado State Patrol (CO)

Patrol Officer John David Hetland
Racine Police Department (WI)

Police Officer Tara Christine O'Sullivan
Sacramento Police Department (CA)

Trooper Jerry Louis Smith, Jr.
Nebraska State Patrol (NE)

Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta, Jr.
Mission Police Department (TX)

Police Officer Michael Vincent Langsdorf
North County Police Cooperative (MO)

Deputy Sheriff Troy P. Chisum
Fulton County Sheriff's Office (IL)

Detective Luis Alvarez
New York City Police Department (NY)