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Tolbert A. Furr
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Special Police Officer

Tolbert A. Furr

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ
COVID-19 → Illness
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End of Watch April 3, 2020
Age 59
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Special Police Officer Tolbert Furr died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Officer Furr had served with the Newark Police Department for 25 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Special Police Officer Tolbert A. Furr died on April 3, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 59.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 8 at Newark Police Division.

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, six children, six siblings, two uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Police Officer Furr gave the Newark Police Division 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Police Officer Furr.

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

Agency

Department Newark Police Division
Type Police Department
Location Newark, Essex County, NJ
Platform Identity npd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 3, 2020
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 59
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Tolbert 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 2020, 346 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Tolbert was 59. 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. Tolbert had served 25 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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

April holds 6.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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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

Newark Police Division has 58 officers remembered here, Tolbert among them.

Across the years

Special Police Officer Tolbert A. Furr

Newark Police Division · End of Watch April 3, 2020

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-E

Also Remembered

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