End of Watch September 2, 2021
Age 33
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Location: Florida Incident Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Senior Officer David Saavedra died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Miami International Airport at 2100 NW 42nd Avenue in Miami.

Senior Officer Saavedra had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection for 10 years. He is survived by his expecting fiancé, son, and daughter. Five months after his death, his second daughter was born.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Senior Officer David Bryant Saavedra died on September 2, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 33.

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 expecting fiancé, son, and daughter.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Officer Saavedra gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 10 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Officer Saavedra.

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

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

Service Record

End of Watch September 2, 2021
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

The Sacrifice · Illness

David 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

David was 33. 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. David had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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

When

September holds 11.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Thursdays: 15.7%.

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
V

His people

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

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Where

Senior Officer David Bryant Saavedra

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations · End of Watch September 2, 2021

Where the Name Is Cut

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