Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Sergeant Gary Taccone died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Taccone was a United States Air Force veteran. He had served with the Erie Police Department for 24 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Sergeant Gary Robert Taccone died on November 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 56.
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 son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Sergeant Taccone gave the Erie Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Erie community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant Taccone.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Gary Robert Taccone served in the Air Force (1988â1992) before joining law enforcement.
Detective Sergeant Gary Robert Taccone 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. Gary Robert Taccone's cause is highlighted.
How Gary Robert Taccone Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gary Robert Taccone is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
13 officers from Erie Police Department are honored on badge.nw.
