Roll of Honor
Incident
Detention Officer Tony Nicoletti died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at 501 West Highway 66 in Kingman.
Detention Officer Nicoletti had served with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office for six years and had previously served with the Arizona Department of Corrections for five years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detention Officer Anthony Nicoletti died on October 11, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 60.
He is one of 884 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 and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detention Officer Nicoletti gave the Mohave County Sheriff's Office 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kingman community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Officer Nicoletti.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detention Officer Anthony Nicoletti is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In AZ, 16 of 330 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.8% of this state's fallen. That is 4.3 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Mohave County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 8 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. Anthony Nicoletti's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony Nicoletti Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Anthony Nicoletti is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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