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Detective

Jack V. Polimeni

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

COVID-19 → Illness

End of Watch April 10, 2020

Age 50

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Badge 642

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Gender Male

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Incident

Jack V. Polimeni joined the New York City Police Department in April 1997. Over twenty-three years he served as a detective, latterly with the Manhattan Warrant Squad, carrying shield 642.

He contracted COVID-19 during a presumed exposure on duty in March 2020 and died of its complications on 10 April 2020, at the age of 50. Because of the pandemic he was laid to rest on 17 April 2020 without the full wake and honors the department would normally give. He was survived by his wife, his mother and his sister.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Detective Jack V. Polimeni died on April 10, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 18 at New York City 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, mother, and sister.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Polimeni gave the New York City Police Department 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Polimeni.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location New York, NY

Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 10, 2020

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Age 50

Badge Number 642

Gender Male

Assignment Manhattan Warrant Squad

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Jack 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.

Compare against

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

Who

Jack was 50. 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. Jack had served 23 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.