Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Chris Bachelor died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while serving as the Student Resource Officer at C. W. Davis Middle School, 4335 Falcon Pkwy, Flowery Branch.
Deputy Bachelor had served with the Hall County Sheriff's Office for 14 yeears and had previously served with the Barrow County Sheriff's Office for two years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Christopher Jay Bachelor died on August 25, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 42.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Hall County Sheriff's Office.
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 and daughter.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Bachelor gave the Hall County Sheriff's Office 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Gainesville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Bachelor.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Christopher Jay Bachelor 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 GA, 63 of 903 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Hall County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Jay Bachelor's cause is highlighted.
How Christopher Jay Bachelor Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Jay Bachelor is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
5 officers from Hall County Sheriff's Office are honored on badge.nw.
