Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Christopher Cummins died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Cummins had served with the Bella Vista Police Department and had served in law enforcement for 12 years at Kellyville, Oklahoma, and Parsons, Kansas.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Christopher William Cummins died on October 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 38.
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 son, two daughters, parents, and fiancee.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Cummins gave the Bella Vista Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bella Vista community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Cummins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Christopher William Cummins 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 AR, 17 of 372 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 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. Christopher William Cummins's cause is highlighted.
How Christopher William Cummins Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher William Cummins is highlighted in Oct.