Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Police Officer Sharon Williams died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Officer Williams had served with the New Orleans Police Department for 30 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Police Officer Sharon M. Williams died on July 26, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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
She is survived by her son.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Police Officer Williams gave the New Orleans Police Department 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Police Officer Williams.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Police Officer Sharon M. Williams 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. Sharon M. Williams's cause is highlighted.
How Sharon M. Williams Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Sharon M. Williams is highlighted in Jul.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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