Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Jeremy Wilkins died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while serving an arrest warrant at 498 South Arizona Avenue in Chandler.
Officer Wilkins had served with the Chandler Police Department for nine years and had previously served the Prescott Valley Police Department for four years. He had also served as a police officer in Michigan with the Detroit Police Department for two years, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department for four years, and the St. Louis Police Department for two years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Jeremy Martin Wilkins died on December 17, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 46.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Chandler 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 wife, five children, grandchildren, mother, and father.
In Our Keeping
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- August 2, 2026
- Last updated
- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Wilkins gave the Chandler Police Department 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chandler community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Wilkins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Jeremy Martin Wilkins is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In AZ, 16 of 330 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.8% of this state's fallen. That is 4.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Chandler Police Department, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeremy Martin Wilkins's cause is highlighted.
How Jeremy Martin Wilkins Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jeremy Martin Wilkins is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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