Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Malek Majzoub died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during a confirmed exposure while attending a swearing-in ceremony on December 27th, 2021.
Deputy Majzoub had served in law enforcement for a total of 17 years. He had served with the Portsmouth Police Department before joining the Portsmouth Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Malek Z. Majzoub died on January 15, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 67.
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
He is survived by his wife, three adult children, and two siblings.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Majzoub gave the Portsmouth Sheriff's Office 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Portsmouth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Majzoub.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Malek Z. Majzoub 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 VA, 24 of 655 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Portsmouth Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Malek Z. Majzoub's cause is highlighted.
How Malek Z. Majzoub Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Malek Z. Majzoub is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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