Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Sean VanDenberg died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 from arresting and transporting a COVID-19 positive suspect to jail after serving a warrant at a home in the 15400 block of Wooster Street NW in North Lawrence.
Patrolman VanDenberg had served with the Lawrence Township Police Department for eight years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Patrolman Sean E. VanDenberg died on December 25, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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 wife, four children, and two grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Patrolman VanDenberg gave the Lawrence Township Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the North Lawrence community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman VanDenberg.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Sean E. VanDenberg 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 OH, 49 of 991 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Sean E. VanDenberg's cause is highlighted.
How Sean E. VanDenberg Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Sean E. VanDenberg is highlighted in Dec.