Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr.
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Corrections Officer V

Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr.

Illness
End of Watch April 21, 2020
Age 52
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
The Vigil Panel 171 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Corrections Officer V Jonathon Goodman died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty at the William P. Clements Unit at 9601 Spur 591 in Amarillo.

Officer Goodman had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 11 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Corrections Officer V Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr. died on April 21, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 55 at Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division.

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 and two children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer V Goodman gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer V Goodman.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 21, 2020
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

Corrections Officer V Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 8.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 55 of 124 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division
55
of 124 officers
44.4% Illness
TX — Statewide
204
of 2,421 officers
8.4% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr. Compares

Age at Death
52
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
11
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr. is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location