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Incident
Police Officer Tab Ali died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Officer Ali was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 25 years. He was assigned to the 5th District.
Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country began to contract COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic. Due to the nature of their job, law enforcement officers were required to work and interact with the community even as the majority of the country was self-quarantined. As a result, hundreds of officers died from COVID-related illnesses and other complications.
Visit ODMP's COVID-19 memorial listing every officer who has died as a result of a confirmed or presumed exposure.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Tab T. Ali died on November 23, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 60.
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.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Ali gave the Philadelphia Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Ali.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Tab T. Ali served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Tab T. Ali 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. Tab T. Ali's cause is highlighted.
How Tab T. Ali Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Tab T. Ali is highlighted in Nov.
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