Jeffrey Allen Pierce
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Captain

Jeffrey Allen Pierce

Illness
End of Watch January 13, 2022
Age 48
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
The Vigil Panel 179 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Captain Jeffrey Pierce died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center at 100 Deputy Dean Miera Drive SW in Albuquerque.

Captain Pierce had served with the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center for 13 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Captain Jeffrey Allen Pierce died on January 13, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.

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 wife and four children.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-NM-950C5400
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Last updated
August 2, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Captain Pierce gave the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Albuquerque community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Pierce.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Albuquerque, NM
Platform Identity bcmdccorr.bernalillo.nm.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 2022
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

Captain Jeffrey Allen Pierce 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 NM, 5 of 193 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.6% of this state's fallen. That is 2.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center
1
of 1 officers
100% Illness
NM — Statewide
5
of 193 officers
2.6% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeffrey Allen Pierce's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Jeffrey Allen Pierce Compares

Age at Death
48
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
13
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jeffrey Allen Pierce is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location

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