Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Maryland
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Maryland 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)
46
3 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
7.4
2020 Census population
National Rank
#30
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
30%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Maryland.
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 Maryland agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2024 | Brenda J. Lowery | Sergeant | Heart attack | Cecil County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Davis Geovanni Martinez | Agent | Stabbed | Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Parole and Probation |
| 2023 | Daoud Alexander Mingo | Police Officer | Motorcycle crash | Baltimore City Police Department |
| 2022 | Corey D. McElroy | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Garrett County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Glenn R. Hilliard | Deputy First Class | Gunfire | Wicomico County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Kenny Olander | Deputy First Class | COVID19 | Frederick County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Gregory Michael Santangelo | Police Officer | COVID19 | Frederick Police Department |
| 2021 | Keona Schannel Holley | Police Officer | Gunfire | Baltimore City Police Department |
| 2021 | Christine Lynn Peters | Corporal | Struck by vehicle | Greenbelt Police Department |
| 2020 | Gregory John Bednarek | Corporal | COVID19 | Maryland Transportation Authority Police |
| 2019 | Kyle David Olinger | Police Officer | Gunfire | Montgomery County Police Department |
| 2018 | Amy Sorrells Caprio | Police Officer I | Vehicular assault | Baltimore County Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Maryland 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.