Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Timothy Werner died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Werner was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for over 21 years. He was assigned to Police Headquarters.
Sgt. Werner, On today, the 3rd anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served with the USMC. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
Semper Fi Devil Dog!
BPA Mike Casey United States Border Patrol(Retired) November 2nd, 2024
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Timothy Earl Werner died on November 2, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
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.
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The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Werner gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 21 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Werner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Timothy Earl Werner served in the Marine Corps (1993â1993) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Timothy Earl Werner 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 Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 13 of 101 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 12.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Earl Werner's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy Earl Werner Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Earl Werner is highlighted in Nov.
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