Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Chuck Vroom died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Third Precinct at 214 Hillside Avenue in Williston Park.
Detective Vroom had served with Nassau County Police Department for 17 years and had previously served with the New York Police Department for seven years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Charles C. Vroom died on September 12, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
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 son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Vroom gave the Nassau County Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mineola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Vroom.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Charles C. Vroom 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. Charles C. Vroom's cause is highlighted.
How Charles C. Vroom Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Charles C. Vroom is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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