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Richard Weber
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Lieutenant

Richard Weber

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ
COVID-19 → Illness
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End of Watch May 1, 2023
Age 47
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Lieutenant Richard Weber died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Liaison Unit.

Lieutenant Weber had served with the Newark Police Department for 23 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Lieutenant Richard Weber died on May 1, 2023 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.

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 and two children.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Weber gave the Newark Police Division 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Weber.

— 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 May 1, 2023
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

The Sacrifice · Illness

Richard 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 2023, 60 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 5th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Richard was 47. 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. Richard had served 23 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

May holds 6.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Mondays: 14.2%.

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, Richard among them.

Across the years
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Where

Lieutenant Richard Weber

Newark Police Division · End of Watch May 1, 2023

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 50-E

Also Remembered

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