Philip Carl Closi

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

End of Watch: Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Biographical Information

Age: 48
Length of Service: 21 Years

Incident Details

Cause: COVID-19

Police Officer Closi contracted COVID-19 during the commission of his job duties and succumbed to complications of COVID-19 on August 11, 2021.

* (National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund)

The Effects of COVID on Law Enforcement

Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country began to contract COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic. Due to the nature of their job, law enforcement officers were required to work and interact with the community even as the majority of the country was self-quarantined. As a result, hundreds of officers died from COVID-related illnesses and other complications.

Corrections agencies, in particular, suffered tremendous losses due to the constant and close proximity between the corrections officers and large inmate populations. Since March 2020, ODMP has verified that over 900 law enforcement officers have died as the result of a confirmed or presumed exposure while on duty and continues to work with hundreds of other agencies that have suffered a COVID-related death.

** (Officer Down Memorial Page)

Plaque Location & Image

North Wall Column 19 Row C     View The Plaque