Vince Arnold Mullins
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Master Trooper

Vince Arnold Mullins

Tennessee Highway Patrol — Nashville, TN
End of Watch January 28, 2022
Age 54
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Badge 5633
Gender Male

Incident

Master Trooper Vince Mullins died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Greene County Scales Complex in the Fall Branch District.

Trooper Mullins was a United States Army veteran who had served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol for over 25 years and was assigned to the Greene County Scales Complex in the Fall Branch District.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Master Trooper Vince Arnold Mullins died on January 28, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.

He is one of 885 officers honored here.

Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.

Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, six children, five grandchildren, parents, and two sisters.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Master Trooper Mullins gave the Tennessee Highway Patrol 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Tennessee. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Trooper Mullins.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Platform Identity thp.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 28, 2022
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 54
Badge Number 5633
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Vince Arnold Mullins served in the U.S. Army (1986–1992) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Illness

Vince is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2022, 135 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 4th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Vince was 54. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Vince had served 25 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

January holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Tennessee Highway Patrol has 41 officers remembered here, Vince among them.

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Where

Master Trooper Vince Arnold Mullins

Tennessee Highway Patrol · End of Watch January 28, 2022

Military Service

Vince Arnold Mullins served in the U.S. Army (1986–1992) before joining law enforcement.

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His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 6-E

Also Remembered

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