Beverly Matthews-Good
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Director of Field Operations

Beverly Matthews-Good

Illness
End of Watch January 28, 2021
Age 52
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
The Vigil Panel 174 ›
Gender Female

Incident

Director of Field Operations Beverly Matthews-Good died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the El Paso Sector at 8901 Montana Avenue in El Paso.

Director Good had served with the United States Customs and Border Patrol - Office of Field Operations, and the legacy United States Immigration and Naturalization Service for 30 years. She was assigned as the Director of Field Operations for the Baltimore Field Office and had previously served as the Port Director for the Port of El Paso.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Director of Field Operations Beverly Matthews-Good died on January 28, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 29 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations.

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

She is survived by her husband, two daughters, three grandchildren, mother, father, and siblings.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Director of Field Operations Matthews-Good gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 30 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Director of Field Operations Matthews-Good.

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

Agency

Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdhscbpofofed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 28, 2021
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
Age 52
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Director of Field Operations Beverly Matthews-Good 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 DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, 30 of 39 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 76.9% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations
30
of 39 officers
76.9% Illness
DC — Statewide
137
of 1,419 officers
9.7% 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. Beverly Matthews-Good'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 Beverly Matthews-Good Compares

Age at End of Watch
52
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years
Years of Service
30
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.9 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Beverly Matthews-Good is highlighted in Jan.

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