Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Captain Raymond Boseman died after contracting COVID-19 as the result of a presumed exposure during Mardi Gras.
Captain Boseman supervised the busy intersection of Poydras Street and St. Charles Avenue, known as the "Cross-Over." He interacted with thousands of Mardi Gras participants during the detail from February 14th, 2020, to February 25th, 2020. He and two other officers assigned to the same location were diagnosed with COVID-19 following the conclusion of festivities.
Captain Boseman had served with the New Orleans Police Department's Reserve Division for 35 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Reserve Captain Raymond Andrew Boseman died on March 29, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 78.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at New Orleans Police Department.
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, two children, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Reserve Captain Boseman gave the New Orleans Police Department 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Captain Boseman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Captain Raymond Andrew Boseman 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 LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.4 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At New Orleans Police Department, 4 of 128 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raymond Andrew Boseman's cause is highlighted.
How Raymond Andrew Boseman Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Raymond Andrew Boseman is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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