Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
District of Columbia
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving District of Columbia 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)
10
2 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
14.5
2020 Census population
National Rank
#7
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
20%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in District of Columbia.
2026 is year to date.
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 District of Columbia agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Terry L. Bennett | Police Officer | Vehicular assault | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2024 | Wayne Ellis David | Investigator | Gunfire (Inadvertent) | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2022 | Maurica Manyan | Special Police Officer | Gunfire (Inadvertent) | District of Columbia Public Library Office of Public Safety |
| 2020 | Keith D. Williams, Sr. | Senior Police Officer | COVID19 | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2020 | Mark Randall Eckenrode | Sergeant | Duty related illness | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2020 | Kenneth J. Moore | Correctional Officer | COVID19 | District of Columbia Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services |
| 2014 | Carolyn Ann Cross | Deputy Director | Assault | District of Columbia Department of Corrections |
| 2010 | Paul Michael Dittamo | Police Officer | Automobile crash | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2007 | Wayne Pitt | Police Officer | Automobile crash | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2006 | Gerard Walter Burke, Jr. | Sergeant | Heart attack | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2005 | James C. McBride | Police Officer | Duty related illness | Metropolitan Police Department |
| 2005 | Joseph Pozell | Reserve Sergeant | Struck by vehicle | Metropolitan Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving District of Columbia 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.