Roll of Honor
Nelson Perdomo
Incident
Correctional Police Officer Nelson Perdomo died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty at the East Jersey State Prison in Rahway.
Officer Perdomo had served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 19 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Police Officer Nelson Perdomo died on April 9, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 44.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 6 at New Jersey Department of Corrections.
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 and three children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Police Officer Perdomo gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Police Officer Perdomo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Police Officer Nelson Perdomo 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 NJ, 77 of 646 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.9% of this state's fallen. That is 2.8 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 8 of 32 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Nelson Perdomo's cause is highlighted.
How Nelson Perdomo Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Nelson Perdomo is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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