Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Ty Powell died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Powell was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Windsor Police Department for 19 years. He had previously served with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office for one year and the Jackson County Sheriff's Office for one year.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Ty Alan Powell died on October 13, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.
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
He is survived by his wife and five children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Powell gave the Windsor Police Department 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Windsor community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Powell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Ty Alan Powell served in the Marine Corps (1989â1990) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Ty Alan Powell 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 CO, 11 of 360 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ty Alan Powell's cause is highlighted.
How Ty Alan Powell Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Ty Alan Powell is highlighted in Oct.