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Lieutenant

Christopher Michael Cunningham Sr.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office — Jacksonville, FL

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch August 5, 2020

Age 48

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Badge 7687

The Vigil Panel 172 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 29

Incident

Lieutenant Chris Cunningham died after contracting COVID-19 as the result of a confirmed exposure while on duty.

Lieutenant Cunningham was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for 22 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Lieutenant Christopher Michael Cunningham Sr. died on August 5, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Jacksonville 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, five children, and three grandchildren.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Cunningham gave the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jacksonville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Cunningham.

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

Agency

Department Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Platform Identity jso.duval.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 5, 2020

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 48

Badge Number 7687

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Christopher Michael Cunningham Sr. served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant Christopher Michael Cunningham Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, 2 of 30 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.7% of this agency's fallen.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

of 30 officers

6.7% Illness

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

8% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness