Roll of Honor
Jeffrey Allen Pierce
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.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Jeffrey Allen Pierce 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeffrey Allen Pierce's cause is highlighted.
How Jeffrey Allen Pierce Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jeffrey Allen Pierce is highlighted in Jan.