Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Joseph Youse died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Sergeant Youse had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 39 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Joseph M. Youse died on December 23, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 8 at Philadelphia Police Department.
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, three children, parents, and four siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Youse gave the Philadelphia Police Department 39 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Youse.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Joseph M. Youse 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 PA, 121 of 1,261 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.6% of this state's fallen. That is 0.5 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Philadelphia Police Department, 66 of 378 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 17.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph M. Youse's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph M. Youse Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph M. Youse is highlighted in Dec.
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