Roll of Honor
Keith S. Allison
Incident
Corrections Investigator Sergeant Keith Allison died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in a presumed exposure while on duty.
Sergeant Allison had served with the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office for 25 years and was assigned to the Personnel Investigations Bureau.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Investigator Sergeant Keith S. Allison died on December 17, 2020 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 Suffolk County Sheriff's Office.
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, two children, and granddaughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Investigator Sergeant Allison gave the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Yaphank community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Investigator Sergeant Allison.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Investigator Sergeant Keith S. Allison 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 Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Keith S. Allison's cause is highlighted.
How Keith S. Allison Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Keith S. Allison is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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