Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Gregory Bednarek died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Corporal Bednarek had served with the Maryland Transportation Authority Police for 19 years and was assigned to the Hatem Bridge Detachment.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Gregory John Bednarek died on November 9, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 40.
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, stepdaughter, stepson, parents, sister, two nephews, and niece.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Bednarek gave the Maryland Transportation Authority Police 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Bednarek.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Gregory John Bednarek 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 MD, 15 of 377 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Maryland Transportation Authority Police, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gregory John Bednarek's cause is highlighted.
How Gregory John Bednarek Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory John Bednarek is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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