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Michael Weiskopf
Incident
Police Officer Michael Weiskopf died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Weiskopf had served with the St. Petersburg Police Department for 17 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Michael Weiskopf died on August 27, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
He is one of 885 officers honored here.
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, brother, stepdad, and family.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Weiskopf gave the St. Petersburg Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Petersburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Weiskopf.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
St. Petersburg Police Department has lost 16 officers; 1 of them lost to illness.
Michael is one of 81 officers lost to illness in FL, 8% of the 1,007 remembered there.
Michael is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Michael 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, 55 officers in FL 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
Michael was 52. Of the 79 lost to illness in FL whose age is recorded, half were between 40 and 53; the middle age was 48. Michael had served 17.9 years; the middle length of service was 16.5 years.
Michael was 52. 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. Michael had served 17.9 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Michael was 52. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Michael had served 17.9 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
August holds 33.3% of these deaths in FL, more than any other month. Fridays: 13.6%.
August holds 10.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.
August holds 9.5% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Fridays: 14.9%.
How
Illness deaths account for 6.3% of all 16 deaths at St. Petersburg Police Department, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8% of all 1,007 deaths in FL, 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
St. Petersburg Police Department has 16 officers remembered here, Michael among them.
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James J. Mitchell Dec 25, 1905
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Edward Adolphus George
Sep 16, 1908
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Wayne M. Barry
May 23, 1929
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Eugene W. Minor
Oct 25, 1929
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Frank Arthur Pike
May 19, 1933
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James W. Thornton
Oct 16, 1937
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William G. Newberry
Oct 17, 1937
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James J. Goodson
Dec 25, 1947
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Gene A. Bessette
Nov 10, 1961
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James A. Krupp
Apr 15, 1964
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Charles Lee Eustes
Sep 24, 1967
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Herbert Ray Sullivan
Aug 18, 1980
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Jeffrey Adam Yaslowitz
Jan 24, 2011
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Thomas John Baitinger
Jan 24, 2011
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David Scott Crawford
Feb 21, 2011
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Michael Weiskopf
Aug 27, 2021
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.
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