Roll of Honor
Maria Gibbs
Incident
Senior Correctional Police Officer Maria Gibbs died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty at the Central Reception and Assignment Facility in Trenton.
Officer Gibbs had served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 19 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Correctional Police Officer Maria Gibbs died on April 22, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 6 at New Jersey Department of Corrections.
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
She is survived by her husband and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Gibbs served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Correctional Police Officer Gibbs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Correctional Police Officer Maria Gibbs 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 Department of Corrections, 8 of 32 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. Maria Gibbs's cause is highlighted.
How Maria Gibbs Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Maria Gibbs is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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