Roll of Honor
Broderick Richard Daye
Incident
Parole Officer Broderick Daye died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Parole Officer Daye had served with the Iowa 5th Judicial District - Department of Correctional Services for 17 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Parole Officer Broderick Richard Daye died on August 28, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 57.
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 aunt, three siblings, and seven nieces and nephews.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Parole Officer Daye gave the Iowa 5th Judicial District 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Des Moines community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Parole Officer Daye.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Parole Officer Broderick Richard Daye 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 IA, 12 of 226 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Broderick Richard Daye's cause is highlighted.
How Broderick Richard Daye Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Broderick Richard Daye is highlighted in Aug.