Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Terry Martinez died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while serving at the Hollenbeck Division at 2111 East 1st Street in Los Angeles.
Sergeant Martinez had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 27 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Amelia Theresa "Terry" Martinez died on January 13, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 8 at Los Angeles 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
She is survived by two sons, a daughter, and her mother.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Martinez gave the Los Angeles Police Department 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Martinez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Amelia Theresa "Terry" Martinez is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Los Angeles Police Department, 22 of 240 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Amelia Theresa "Terry" Martinez's cause is highlighted.
How Amelia Theresa "Terry" Martinez Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Amelia Theresa "Terry" Martinez is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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