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Corporal

Christopher Jackson Dye

Walker County Sheriff's Office — Lafayette, GA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 4, 2020

Age 43

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

The Vigil Panel 173 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 8

Incident

Corporal Chris Dye died from accidental fentanyl toxicity after being exposed to fentanyl during an arrest he made earlier in the day.

Following an arrest for drug possession, Corporal Dye packaged the drugs into an evidence bag. He collapsed after returning home following his shift and was found hours later by family members. An autopsy was completed and the toxicology was positive for the presence of fentanyl which transferred through Corporal Dye's skin.

Corporal Dye was a United States Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He had served with the Walker County Sheriff's Office for five years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and five children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Corporal Dye gave the Walker County Sheriff's Office 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lafayette community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Walker County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Lafayette, Walker County, GA

Platform Identity wcso.walker.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 4, 2020

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Christopher Jackson Dye served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Corporal Christopher Jackson Dye is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In GA, 264 of 904 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Walker County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Walker County Sheriff's Office

of 9 officers

11.1% Accident

GA — Statewide

264

of 904 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident