Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Phil Closi died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Closi had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 21 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Philip Carl Closi died on August 11, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 4 at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
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, daughter, son, father, brother, sister, and nephew.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Closi gave the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 21 years.
Thank you for your service to the Las Vegas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Closi.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Philip Carl Closi 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 NV, 14 of 145 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 5 of 24 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Philip Carl Closi's cause is highlighted.
How Philip Carl Closi Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Philip Carl Closi is highlighted in Aug.
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