Undersheriff Jeffrey M. Montoya - Colfax County Sheriff's Office - NM - True Life Hero

Jeffrey M. Montoya
- Sep. 26, 2021 -

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Colfax County Sheriff's Office Patch

Resided:	NM, USA
Born:	Oct. 03, 1967
Fallen:	Sep. 26, 2021
Race/Sex:	Hispanic Male / 53 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Colfax County Sheriff's Office - NM 1413 South 2nd St. Raton, NM 87740 USA (575)445-5561
County:	Colfax
Dept. Type:	County/Police
Hero's Rank:	Undersheriff
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Death - Biological
Weapon Class:	COVID-19
Agency URL:	Click Here
Badge:	Colfax-2
On The Job:	6 years

Bio: Jeff Montoya was born in Springer, New Mexico, to parents Filemon and Louise Montoya.

Jeff went into the Air Force in 1986 where he served for over 25 years. He retired as a Master Sargent in 2011.

In 2015, he accepted a position as a Deputy for Colfax County Sheriff�s Office, where he worked for more than 6 years. Jeff was promoted to Undersheriff under Leonard Baca�s term.

Jeff was a very social, and outgoing person. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending quality time with friends and family. Jeff always had interesting stories to tell from either his time in the Air Force, or from his current job with the Colfax County Sheriff�s office. His family and friends will always remember him as a funny, witty, sarcastic, and kindhearted person.

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Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	Colfax County, NM USA Mon. Sep. 20, 2021
Summary:	Undersheriff Jeffrey Montoya died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. ==================================================================== COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019. On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV). Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed. After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak. On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections. On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.
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Last Updated: Oct. 20, 2021