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Correctional Officer

David Alan Christensen

Washington State Department of Corrections — Olympia, WA

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch December 29, 2020

Age 62

Tour of Duty 40 yrs

The Vigil Panel 174 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 10

Incident

Correctional Officer David Christensen died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.

Officer Christensen was a U.S. Army veteran and had served in law enforcement for 40 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Correctional Officer David Alan Christensen died on December 29, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 5 at Washington State Department of Corrections.

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 and three sisters.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Christensen gave the Washington State Department of Corrections 40 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Washington. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Christensen.

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

Agency

Department Washington State Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Olympia, WA

Platform Identity wsdcorr.thurston.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 29, 2020

Tour of Duty 40 yrs

Age 62

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

David Alan Christensen served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Correctional Officer David Alan Christensen 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 WA, 19 of 340 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Washington State Department of Corrections, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Washington State Department of Corrections

of 11 officers

45.5% Illness

WA — Statewide

of 340 officers

5.6% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness