Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Jason Belton died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty when he came into contact with a positive COVID-19 at the UPMC Harmot at 201 State Street in Erie.
Officer Belton was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Erie Police Department for 17 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Jason Michael Belton died on October 24, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Erie 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 two daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Belton gave the Erie Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Erie community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Belton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jason Michael Belton served in the Marine Corps (1997â2001) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Jason Michael Belton 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 Erie Police Department, 3 of 14 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 21.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jason Michael Belton's cause is highlighted.
How Jason Michael Belton Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jason Michael Belton is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
13 officers from Erie Police Department are honored on badge.nw.
