Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective First Grade Hector Nunez died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the 5th Precinct at 1655 Dutch Broadway in Elmont.
Detective Nunez had served with the Nassau County Police Department for 16 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Hector M. Nunez died on December 8, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 42.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Nassau County 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 and four children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Nunez gave the Nassau County Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mineola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Nunez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Hector M. Nunez 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 NY, 629 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.3% of this state's fallen. That is 20.2 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Nassau County Police Department, 16 of 51 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 31.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hector M. Nunez's cause is highlighted.
How Hector M. Nunez Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Hector M. Nunez is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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