Roll of Honor
Joshua E. Kristek
Incident
Officer Joshua Kristek died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Medina County Juvenile Detention Center at 655 Independence Drive in Medina.
Officer Kristek was a United States Army veteran who served three years with the Medina County Juvenile Detention Center.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Officer Joshua E. Kristek died on October 24, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 44.
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 and three children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer Kristek gave the Medina County Juvenile Detention Center 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Medina community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Kristek.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joshua E. Kristek served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Corrections Officer Joshua E. Kristek is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 4.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joshua E. Kristek's cause is highlighted.
How Joshua E. Kristek Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joshua E. Kristek is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Military Service
Joshua E. Kristek served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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