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Deputy Sheriff

Harry Robert Cieszynski Jr.

Brevard County Sheriff's Office — Titusville, FL

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch August 23, 2021

Age 50

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 7

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Harry Cieszynski died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Deputy Cieszynski was a United States Marine Corps veteran who served over 25 years with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Deputy Sheriff Harry Robert Cieszynski Jr. died on August 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.

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 five children and parents.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Cieszynski gave the Brevard County Sheriff's Office 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Titusville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Cieszynski.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Brevard County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Titusville, Brevard County, FL

Platform Identity bcso.brevard.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 23, 2021

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Harry Robert Cieszynski Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1990â1994) before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Sheriff Harry Robert Cieszynski Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 Brevard 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.

Brevard County Sheriff's Office

of 8 officers

12.5% Illness

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

8% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness