Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Tom Craig died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Property Managemnet Bureau at 100 E. Elwood Street in Phoenix.
Sergeant Craig had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 25 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Thomas Crawford Craig died on September 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 61.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Phoenix Police Dept..
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, five daughters, son, father, stepmother, sister, and brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Craig gave the Phoenix Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Craig.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Thomas Crawford Craig 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 AZ, 16 of 330 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.8% of this state's fallen. That is 4.3 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Phoenix Police Dept., 3 of 47 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Crawford Craig's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Crawford Craig Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Crawford Craig is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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