Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Tony Standley died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Detective Standley had served with the Oyster Creek Police Department. He had worked in law enforcement for 29 years with police departments in Brazoria, Freeport, and Clute.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Anthony Standley died on August 26, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 56.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
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
Detective Standley is survived by his two daughters and four grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Standley gave the Oyster Creek Police Department 29 years.
Thank you for your service to the Freeport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Standley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Anthony Standley 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anthony Standley's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony Standley Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Anthony Standley is highlighted in Aug.