Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Joe Pollack died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the impact team that was involved in the arrest and detention of several suspects at 9985 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. One of the suspects tested positive for COVID-19.
Detective Pollack was a United States Marine Corps Reserve veteran and had served with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office for over 19 years. He had previously served 20 years with the New York City Police Department and was part of the 9/11 recovery efforts.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Joseph Andrew Pollack died on December 9, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 64.
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
Detective Pollack is survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Pollack gave the Douglas County Sheriff's Office 39 years.
Thank you for your service to the Castle Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Pollack.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joseph Andrew Pollack served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Detective Joseph Andrew Pollack 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%.
At Douglas County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Andrew Pollack's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Andrew Pollack Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Andrew Pollack is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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