Bryan Christopher Hawkins
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Police Officer

Bryan Christopher Hawkins

Illness
End of Watch August 5, 2021
Age 58
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Bryan Hawkins died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Police Officer Hawkins served with the Lake City Police Department for 22 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Police Officer Bryan Christopher Hawkins died on August 5, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Lake City Police Department.

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.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
August 2, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Hawkins gave the Lake City Police Department 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Morrow community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hawkins.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Morrow, Clayton County, GA
Platform Identity lpd.clayton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 5, 2021
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

Police Officer Bryan Christopher Hawkins is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In GA, 63 of 905 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Lake City Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Lake City Police Department
2
of 2 officers
100% Illness
GA — Statewide
63
of 905 officers
7% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bryan Christopher Hawkins's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Bryan Christopher Hawkins Compares

Age at Death
58
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
22
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Bryan Christopher Hawkins is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location

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