Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Massachusetts
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Massachusetts 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)
40
7 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
5.7
2020 Census population
National Rank
#40
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
20%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Kevin Trainor | Trooper | Vehicular assault | Massachusetts State Police |
| 2026 | Stephen A. LaPorta | Police Officer | Struck by vehicle | Uxbridge Police Department |
| 2024 | Enrique Delgado-Garcia | Trooper | Duty related illness | Massachusetts State Police |
| 2024 | Ian Taylor | Sergeant | Struck by vehicle | Billerica Police Department |
| 2023 | Paul Tracey | Police Officer | Vehicular assault | Waltham Police Department |
| 2022 | Tamar Anoush Bucci | Trooper | Automobile crash | Massachusetts State Police |
| 2021 | Anthony J. Pasquarello | Correctional Officer | COVID19 | Essex County Sheriff's Department |
| 2021 | Michael J. Dion | Detective | Heart attack | Chicopee Police Department |
| 2021 | Loi Huu Ha | Police Officer | COVID19 | UMass Memorial Medical Center Police Department |
| 2021 | Frederick Louis Forni | Patrolman | Gunfire | Saugus Police Department |
| 2021 | Enmanuel Familia | Police Officer | Drowned | Worcester Police Department |
| 2021 | Michael Patrick Cassidy | Sergeant | COVID19 | New Bedford Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Massachusetts 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.