Roll of Honor
Incident
Corrections Officer Joseph Martini died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure while on duty at the Ulster County Jail.
Officer Martini had served with the Ulster County Sheriff's Office for 22 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Officer Joseph Andrew Martini died on January 17, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 45.
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 two children and parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer Martini gave the Ulster County Sheriff's Office 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kingston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Martini.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Officer Joseph Andrew Martini 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 Ulster County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Andrew Martini's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Andrew Martini Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Andrew Martini is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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