Roll of Honor
Nikeelan D. Semmon
Incident
Senior Corrections Officer Nick Semmon suffered a fatal heart attack at the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Chesterfield, New Jersey.
He had been assigned to the inmate yard escort detail during a period of extremely high temperatures. He had just escorted a group of high risk inmates back into the facility when he collapsed. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Officer Semmon was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Army National Guard. He had served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 8-1/2 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 4-year-old son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Senior Corrections Officer Semmon gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Nikeelan D. Semmon served in the Navy (2002â2006) before joining law enforcement.
Senior Corrections Officer Nikeelan D. Semmon is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NJ, 38 of 646 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 5 of 32 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 15.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Nikeelan D. Semmon's cause is highlighted.
How Nikeelan D. Semmon Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Nikeelan D. Semmon is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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