Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Matthew Razukas died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Galloway Station at 2 East Jimmy Leeds Road in Galloway.
Lieutenant Razukas had served with the New Jersey State Police for over 20 years. He had previously served with the United States Park Police.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Matthew D. Razukas died on July 27, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
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 and four children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Razukas gave the New Jersey State Police 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Razukas.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Matthew D. Razukas 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 NJ, 77 of 646 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.9% of this state's fallen. That is 2.8 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At New Jersey State Police, 13 of 84 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 15.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Matthew D. Razukas's cause is highlighted.
How Matthew D. Razukas Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Matthew D. Razukas is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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