End of Watch January 5, 2022
Age 51
Tour of Duty 16 yrs 11 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Location: California Incident Date: Not available

Officer Bruce Eckhoff died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Sacramento International Airport at 6900 Airport Boulevard in Sacramento.

Officer Eckhoff had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations for almost 17 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Officer Bruce Eckhoff died on January 5, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 29 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations.

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, two daughters, parents, and sister.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Officer Eckhoff gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 16 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Eckhoff.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdhscbpofofed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 5, 2022
Tour of Duty 16 yrs 11 mo
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Bruce 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 2022, 135 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 4th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Bruce was 51. 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. Bruce had served 16.9 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

January holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Wednesdays: 14%.

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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

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations has 39 officers remembered here, Bruce among them.

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Where

Officer Bruce Eckhoff

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations · End of Watch January 5, 2022

Where the Name Is Cut

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