Roll of Honor
Keith D. Williams, Sr.
Incident
Senior Police Officer Keith Williams died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Williams had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for 30 years and was assigned to the School Safety Division in the Third District.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Police Officer Keith D. Williams, Sr. died on June 4, 2020 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
He is survived by his wife, four children, and granddaughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Police Officer Williams gave the Metropolitan Police Department 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Police Officer Williams.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Police Officer Keith D. Williams, Sr. 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 DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Metropolitan Police Department, 8 of 131 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Keith D. Williams, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Keith D. Williams, Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Keith D. Williams, Sr. is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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