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Hector M. Nunez
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Detective

Hector M. Nunez

Nassau County Police Department — Mineola, NY
COVID-19 → Illness
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End of Watch December 8, 2021
Age 42
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Detective First Grade Hector Nunez died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the 5th Precinct at 1655 Dutch Broadway in Elmont.

Detective Nunez had served with the Nassau County Police Department for 16 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Detective Hector M. Nunez died on December 8, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 42.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Nassau County 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 and four children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Nunez gave the Nassau County Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mineola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Nunez.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Nassau County Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Mineola, Nassau County, NY
Platform Identity ncpd.nassau.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 8, 2021
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

The Sacrifice · Illness

Hector is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Hector was 42. 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. Hector had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

December holds 9.6% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Wednesdays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Nassau County Police Department has 51 officers remembered here, Hector among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detective Hector M. Nunez

Nassau County Police Department · End of Watch December 8, 2021

Where the Name Is Cut

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Also Remembered

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