Roll of Honor
Michael Judson Riley
Incident
Location: Louisiana Incident Date: Not available
Special Deputy Marshal died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Hale-Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans.
Deputy Marshal had served with the United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service for five years and previously served with the New Orleans Police Department for over 32 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Deputy Marshal Michael Judson Riley died on September 24, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 60.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 8 at United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service.
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, four children, three grandchildren, and five siblings.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Deputy Marshal Riley gave the United States Department of Justice 37 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Marshal Riley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Deputy Marshal Michael Judson Riley 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 Justice - United States Marshals Service, 14 of 313 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Judson Riley's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Judson Riley Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Judson Riley is highlighted in Sep.
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