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Sergeant

Michael Patrick Cassidy

New Bedford Police Department — New Bedford, MA

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch April 28, 2021

Age 52

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

The Vigil Panel 175 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

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.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 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

Department New Bedford Police Department

Type Police Department

Location New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Platform Identity nbpd.bristol.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 28, 2021

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Michael Patrick Cassidy served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Michael Patrick Cassidy is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 12.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

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.

New Bedford Police Department

of 4 officers

75% Illness

MA — Statewide

of 469 officers

12.6% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness