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Police Officer

Jason Michael Belton

Erie Police Department — Erie, PA

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch October 24, 2021

Age 47

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

The Vigil Panel 178 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 13

Incident

Police Officer Jason Belton died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty when he came into contact with a positive COVID-19 at the UPMC Harmot at 201 State Street in Erie.

Officer Belton was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Erie Police Department for 17 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Police Officer Jason Michael Belton died on October 24, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Erie 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 two daughters.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Belton gave the Erie Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Erie community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Belton.

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

Agency

Department Erie Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Erie, Erie County, PA

Platform Identity epd.erie.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 24, 2021

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail COVID19

Military Service

Jason Michael Belton served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1997â2001) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Jason Michael Belton 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 PA, 121 of 1,261 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.6% of this state's fallen. That is 9.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Erie Police Department, 3 of 14 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 21.4% of this agency's fallen.

Erie Police Department

of 14 officers

21.4% Illness

PA — Statewide

121

of 1,261 officers

9.6% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness