Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Delaware
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Delaware 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)
9
No COVID-19 or 9/11 deaths recorded
Per Million Residents
9.1
2020 Census population
National Rank
#19
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
33%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Delaware.
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 Delaware agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2025 | Matthew Tyler "Ty" Snook | Corporal | Gunfire | Delaware State Police |
| 2024 | Dennis Francis Kelly | Corporal | Aircraft accident | Delaware State Police |
| 2021 | Keith Andrew Heacook | Corporal | Assault | Delmar Police Department |
| 2017 | Michael Shannon Robinson | Sergeant | Heart attack | Christiana Care Health System Department of Public Safety |
| 2017 | Thomas John Hannon, Sr. | Corporal | Duty related illness | Dover Police Department |
| 2017 | Stephen Jamelle Ballard | Corporal | Gunfire | Delaware State Police |
| 2017 | Steven Romell Floyd, Sr. | Lieutenant | Assault | Delaware Department of Correction |
| 2011 | Joseph Lawrence Szczerba | Lieutenant | Stabbed | New Castle County Police Department |
| 2009 | Chad Ernest Spicer | Patrolman | Gunfire | Georgetown Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Delaware 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.