Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Christopher Cockburn died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Cockburn had served with the Village of Florida Police Department and had previously served with the Warwick Town Police.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Christopher Ryan Cockburn died on September 14, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 59.
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 was survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Cockburn gave the Village of Florida Police Department 32 years.
Thank you for your service to the Florida community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Cockburn.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Christopher Ryan Cockburn 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Ryan Cockburn's cause is highlighted.
How Christopher Ryan Cockburn Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Ryan Cockburn is highlighted in Sep.