Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Marzell Brooks died as the result of complications after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Lieutenant Brooks had served with the Brookhaven Police Department for 28 years and was assigned to Brookhaven High School.
Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country began to contract COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic. Due to the nature of their job, law enforcement officers were required to work and interact with the community even as the majority of the country was self-quarantined. As a result, hundreds of officers died from COVID-related illnesses and other complications.
Visit ODMP's COVID-19 memorial listing every officer who has died as a result of a confirmed or presumed exposure.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Marzell Jerome Brooks died on November 15, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.
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.
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The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Brooks gave the Brookhaven Police Department 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the Brookhaven community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Brooks.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Lieutenant Marzell Jerome Brooks is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,775 officers honored here.
In MS, 7 of 350 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2% of this state's fallen. That is 2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Brookhaven Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marzell Jerome Brooks's cause is highlighted.
How Marzell Jerome Brooks Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Marzell Jerome Brooks is highlighted in Nov.
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