Christopher Eugene Sorrenti
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Correctional Sergeant III

Christopher Eugene Sorrenti

Illness
End of Watch November 30, 2020
Age 48
Tour of Duty 15 yrs 9 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Sergeant III Christopher Sorrenti died as the result of complications from contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while assigned to the Anson Correctional Institution at 552 Prison Camp Road in Polkton.

Sergeant Sorrenti had served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice for over 15 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Correctional Sergeant III Christopher Eugene Sorrenti died on November 30, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 10 at North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice.

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 two children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Sergeant III Sorrenti gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Sergeant III Sorrenti.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Raleigh, NC
Platform Identity ncdpsdacjjdps.wake.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 30, 2020
Tour of Duty 15 yrs 9 mo
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Correctional Sergeant III Christopher Eugene Sorrenti is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In NC, 37 of 664 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, 10 of 31 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 32.3% of this agency's fallen.

North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
10
of 31 officers
32.3% Illness
NC — Statewide
37
of 664 officers
5.6% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Eugene Sorrenti's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Christopher Eugene Sorrenti Compares

Age at Death
48
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
15.7
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Eugene Sorrenti is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location