Roll of Honor
His Life
Lieutenant Fred Bowens died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Detroit Detention Center at 17601 Mound Road in Detroit.
Lieutenant Bowens had served with the Detroit Police Department for 34 years.
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COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. died on March 13, 2023 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.
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.
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The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Bowens gave the Detroit Police Department 34 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Bowens.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
His Life Details
Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,587 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 6.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.
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. Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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