Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Mike Cassidy died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Cassidy was a United States Marine Corps Operation Desert Storm veteran and served with the New Bedford Police Department assigned to uniform patrol, narcotics, criminal investigation, and firearms throughout his 27-year career.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Michael Patrick Cassidy died on April 28, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
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
Sergeant Cassidy is survived by his wife, daughter, parents, two brothers, and a sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Cassidy gave the New Bedford Police Department 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Bedford community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Cassidy.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Michael Patrick Cassidy served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Michael Patrick Cassidy 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 MA, 59 of 469 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 12.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At New Bedford Police Department, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Patrick Cassidy's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Patrick Cassidy Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Patrick Cassidy is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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