Roll of Honor
Bruce Russell Gadansky
Incident
Reserve Deputy Bruce Gadansky died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the DEA Drug Take-Back Event at the LaGrange Fire Department at 3637 KY 146 in La Grange.
Deputy Gadansky was a United States Navy Vietnam veteran and served over 11 years with the Oldham County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Reserve Deputy Bruce Russell Gadansky died on November 30, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 76.
He is one of 884 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, son, and three grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Reserve Deputy Gadansky gave the Oldham County Sheriff's Office 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the La Grange community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Gadansky.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Bruce Russell Gadansky served in the Navy (1964â1967) before joining law enforcement.
Reserve Deputy Bruce Russell Gadansky is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In KY, 21 of 983 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.1% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bruce Russell Gadansky's cause is highlighted.
How Bruce Russell Gadansky Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Bruce Russell Gadansky is highlighted in Nov.