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Police Officer Jeremy Wilkins died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while serving an arrest warrant at 498 South Arizona Avenue in Chandler.
Officer Wilkins had served with the Chandler Police Department for nine years and had previously served the Prescott Valley Police Department for four years. He had also served as a police officer in Michigan with the Detroit Police Department for two years, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department for four years, and the St. Louis Police Department for two years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Jeremy Martin Wilkins died on December 17, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 46.
He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Chandler Police Department.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, five children, grandchildren, mother, and father.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Wilkins gave the Chandler Police Department 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chandler community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Wilkins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Chandler Police Department has lost 7 officers; 2 of them lost to illness.
Jeremy is one of 16 officers lost to illness in AZ, 4.8% of the 330 remembered there.
Jeremy is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Jeremy is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 2021, 10 officers in AZ were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 566 officers worldwide were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
Who
Jeremy was 46. Of the 16 lost to illness in AZ whose age is recorded, half were between 46.8 and 54.5; the middle age was 50. Jeremy had served 23 years; the middle length of service was 19.5 years.
Jeremy was 46. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Jeremy had served 23 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Jeremy was 46. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Jeremy had served 23 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
December holds 12.5% of these deaths in AZ; July holds the most, 18.8%. Fridays: 25%.
December holds 9.6% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.
December holds 9.6% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Fridays: 14.9%.
How
Illness deaths account for 28.6% of all 7 deaths at Chandler Police Department, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 4.8% of all 330 deaths in AZ, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
Chandler Police Department has 7 officers remembered here, Jeremy among them.
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 39-W
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.
Also Remembered
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial — requiem.nw →
Others Who Wore This Badge
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