Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant AlTerek Patterson died after contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure while on duty.
Sergeant Patterson had served with the Bedminster Township Police Department for 14 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant AlTerek Shaundel Patterson died on April 12, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 38.
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 three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Patterson gave the Bedminster Township Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bedminster community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Patterson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant AlTerek Shaundel Patterson 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. AlTerek Shaundel Patterson's cause is highlighted.
How AlTerek Shaundel Patterson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. AlTerek Shaundel Patterson is highlighted in Apr.