Roll of Honor
Incident
Undersheriff Jeffrey Montoya died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Undersheriff Montoya was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Colfax Sheriff's County Sheriff's Office for six years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Undersheriff Jeffrey Mark Montoya died on September 25, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.
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
Undersheriff Montoya is survived by one son and two daughters.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Undersheriff Montoya gave the Colfax County Sheriff's Office 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Raton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff Montoya.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jeffrey Mark Montoya served in the Air Force (1986â2011) before joining law enforcement.
Undersheriff Jeffrey Mark Montoya 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 NM, 5 of 193 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.6% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Colfax County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeffrey Mark Montoya's cause is highlighted.
How Jeffrey Mark Montoya Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jeffrey Mark Montoya is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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