Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr.

Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. | Detroit Police Department, Michigan Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. | Detroit Police Department, Michigan
Detroit Police Department, Michigan
Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. | Detroit Police Department, Michigan
Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr. | Detroit Police Department, Michigan
Lieutenant Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr.

Detroit Police Department, Michigan

End of Watch Monday, March 13, 2023

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Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr.

Lieutenant Fred Bowens died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Detroit Detention Center at 17601 Mound Road in Detroit.

Lieutenant Bowens had served with the Detroit Police Department for 34 years.


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 62
  • Tour 34 years
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause COVID19
  • Incident Date Not available

COVID-19, communicable disease

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