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Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths

New Jersey

Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving New Jersey 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)

48

30 COVID-19 and 16 9/11 deaths excluded

Per Million Residents

5.2

2020 Census population

National Rank

#45

of 51, by per-million

Gunfire Share

25%

Of displayed deaths

Deaths by Year

Line-of-duty deaths per year in New Jersey.

02.5520052008201120152018202120242025

By Cause

Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.

COVID-1930 (32%)
Vehicular / Traffic26 (28%)
Illness (non-COVID)25 (27%)
Gunfire12 (13%)
Other1 (1%)

By Agency Type

Which kinds of agency lost officers.

City / Municipal Police56 (60%)
State Police / Highway Patrol21 (22%)
Other / Special15 (16%)
County Sheriff2 (2%)

Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths

The most recent officers from New Jersey agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.

2025Joseph Anthony AzconaSergeantGunfireNewark Police Division
2025Lee E. HendricksonSergeant9/11 related illnessNew Jersey State Police
2024Jeffrey A. BurkeMajor9/11 related illnessNew Jersey State Police
2024Steven C. TiboniSergeant First Class9/11 related illnessNew Jersey State Police
2024Marcellus E. BetheaTrooper IIDuty related illnessNew Jersey State Police
2024Michael "Zini" KurinziSergeant9/11 related illnessElizabeth Police Department
2023Peter BruncatiLieutenant9/11 related illnessNew Jersey State Police
2023Robert ShislerPolice OfficerGunfireDeptford Township Police Department
2023William J. Gawron, Sr.Captain9/11 related illnessSayreville Police Department
2023Richard WeberLieutenantCOVID19Newark Police Division
2023Gerald T. BarbatoLieutenant9/11 related illnessNew Jersey State Police
2022William A. CaseySergeant First Class9/11 related illnessNew Jersey State Police

Methodology

Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving New Jersey 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.