Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Aldemar Rengifo died after contracting COVID-19 during an exposure while on duty.
Lieutenant Rengifo had served with the Broward County Sheriff's Office for 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Aldemar Rengifo Jr. died on August 16, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Broward County Sheriff's Office.
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 son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Rengifo gave the Broward County Sheriff's Office 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Lauderdale community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Rengifo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Aldemar Rengifo Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Broward County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 24 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 12.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Aldemar Rengifo Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Aldemar Rengifo Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Aldemar Rengifo Jr. is highlighted in Aug.
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