Roll of Honor
Derek Scott Asdot
Incident
Police Chief Derek Asdot died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Chief Asdot was a United States Army veteran. He had served as the Chief of Police for four years. Chief Asdot had served with the Green Cove Springs Police Department for almost 20 years and had previously served with the Duval County Schools Police Department.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Chief Derek Scott Asdot died on September 28, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
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, son, and daughter.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Chief Asdot gave the Green Cove Springs Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Green Cove Springs community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Chief Asdot.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Derek Scott Asdot served in the Army (1992â1996) before joining law enforcement.
Police Chief Derek Scott Asdot 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 FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 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. Derek Scott Asdot's cause is highlighted.
How Derek Scott Asdot Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Derek Scott Asdot is highlighted in Sep.