Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Clifford Martin died as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Sergeant Martin had served with the Chicago Police Department for 25 years and was assigned to Unit 610 - Bureau of Detectives - Area Central.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Clifford Willie Martin Sr. died on April 10, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 7 at Chicago 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
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Martin gave the Chicago Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Martin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Clifford Willie Martin Sr. 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 IL, 66 of 1,318 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Chicago Police Department, 46 of 571 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clifford Willie Martin Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Clifford Willie Martin Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Clifford Willie Martin Sr. is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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