Peter Michael Petrosino
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Corrections Officer

Peter Michael Petrosino

Illness
End of Watch October 24, 1991
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Gender Male

Incident

Corrections Officer Peter Petosino died after being exposed to inmates with drug-resistant tuberculosis at the Auburn Correctional Facility hospital ward.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer Petrosino served with the New York State Department of Correctional Services.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Petrosino.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Albany, NY
Platform Identity nysdcscorr.albany.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 24, 1991
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Corrections Officer Peter Michael Petrosino 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 NY, 629 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.3% of this state's fallen. That is 20.2 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At New York State Department of Correctional Services, 2 of 36 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this agency's fallen.

New York State Department of Correctional Services
2
of 36 officers
5.6% Illness
NY — Statewide
629
of 2,147 officers
29.3% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Peter Michael Petrosino's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Peter Michael Petrosino Compares

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Peter Michael Petrosino is highlighted in Oct.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location