Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Scott Dennis died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Chief Dennis had served in law enforcement for 37 years with the Bloomfield Police Department, the State of Kentucky Department of Corrections, and the Kentucky State Police.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Chief of Police Edward Scott Dennis died on December 4, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.
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 wife, daughter, two sons, four grandchildren, and a brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Chief of Police Dennis gave the Bloomfield Police Department 37 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bloomfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Dennis.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Edward Scott Dennis 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 KY, 21 of 983 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.1% of this state's fallen. That is 7 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. Edward Scott Dennis's cause is highlighted.
How Edward Scott Dennis Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Edward Scott Dennis is highlighted in Dec.