Chief of Police Tony Monroe Jordan, Middleburg Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania

Chief of Police Tony Monroe Jordan

Middleburg Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania

End of Watch Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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Tony Monroe Jordan

Chief of Police Tony Jordan died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in a presumed exposure while on duty.

Chief Jordan had served with the Middleburg Borough Police Department for 40 years. He is survived by his fiancee.

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.

Visit ODMP's COVID-19 memorial listing every officer who has died as a result of a confirmed or presumed exposure.

Bio

Age 60
Tour 40 years
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Incident Details

Cause COVID19
Incident Date Friday, December 18, 2020

communicable disease, COVID-19

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"I'm Free"
Don’t grieve for me for now I’m free,
I’m following the path God laid for me
I took his hand when I heard him call,
I turned my back and left it all
I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to work or play
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I’ve found that peace at the close of day
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things I too will miss
Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish for you the sunshine of tomorrow
My life’s been full, I’ve savored much,
Good friends, good times, my loved one’s touch
If my time seemed all too brief,
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief
Lift up your heart, rejoice with me,
God wanted me now, He set me free.
-Anne Lindgren Davison

Always in my heart. Miss you Chief!