Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Danny Kelley died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Kelley had served with the McAlester Police Department for 13 years and previously served with the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office for ten years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Master Patrolman William Daniel Kelley died on January 30, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
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 son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Master Patrolman Kelley gave the McAlester Police Department 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the McAlester community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Patrolman Kelley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Master Patrolman William Daniel Kelley 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 OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At McAlester Police Department, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Daniel Kelley's cause is highlighted.
How William Daniel Kelley Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. William Daniel Kelley is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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