Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Connecticut
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Connecticut agencies, 2005 to 2026. Source: Officer Down Memorial Page. COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures.
Deaths (excl. COVID and 9/11)
15
1 COVID-19 and 3 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
4.2
2020 Census population
National Rank
#47
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
20%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Connecticut.
By Cause
Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.
By Agency Type
Which kinds of agency lost officers.
Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths
The most recent officers from Connecticut agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2024 | Aaron Pelletier | Trooper First Class | Vehicular assault | Connecticut State Police |
| 2023 | Robert Garten | Detective | Vehicular assault | Hartford Police Department |
| 2022 | Dustin DeMonte | Lieutenant | Gunfire | Bristol Police Department |
| 2022 | Alex Hamzy | Sergeant | Gunfire | Bristol Police Department |
| 2022 | Diane Gonzalez | Police Officer | Automobile crash | New Haven Police Department |
| 2021 | Josip Peperni | Lieutenant | COVID19 | Norwich Police Department |
| 2021 | Brian Erik Mohl | Sergeant | Weather/Natural disaster | Connecticut State Police |
| 2020 | Eugene Kenneth Baron, Jr. | Trooper First Class | 9/11 related illness | Connecticut State Police |
| 2018 | Matthew Bradley Mainieri | Sergeant | Assault | South Windsor Police Department |
| 2018 | Walter Greene, Jr. | Trooper First Class | 9/11 related illness | Connecticut State Police |
| 2018 | Kevin Michael Miller | Trooper First Class | Automobile crash | Connecticut State Police |
| 2016 | Stephen A. Ketchum | Police Officer | 9/11 related illness | Newtown Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Connecticut agencies whose end of watch fell in 2005through 2026, K9 records excluded. Per-million uses 2020 Census population.
COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures because ODMP counts both as line of duty and each is a one-time-event tail. COVID dominated 2020 and 2021. The 9/11 cancers concentrate in New York for a 2001 event. Toggle either back on in the charts. Other illness such as heart attacks stays in.