Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Kahlil Biddle died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Corporal Biddle had served with the Detroit Police Department for 24 years and was assigned to the Tenth Precinct.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Kahlil Jacquen Biddle died on August 17, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 44.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 4 at Detroit 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 and three children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Biddle gave the Detroit Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Biddle.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Kahlil Jacquen Biddle 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 MI, 23 of 718 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.2% of this state's fallen. That is 5.9 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Detroit Police Department, 7 of 250 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kahlil Jacquen Biddle's cause is highlighted.
How Kahlil Jacquen Biddle Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kahlil Jacquen Biddle is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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