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Corrections Supervisor 1

George Robare

Kansas Department of Corrections — Topeka, KS

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch May 11, 2020

Age 61

Tour of Duty 36 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 11

Incident

Corrections Supervisor 1 Bernie Robare died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak amongst employees and inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility.

Supervisor Robare had served with the Kansas Department of Corrections for 36 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Corrections Supervisor 1 George Robare died on May 11, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 61.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Kansas 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 wife and daughter.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Supervisor 1 Robare gave the Kansas Department of Corrections 36 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Supervisor 1 Robare.

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

Agency

Department Kansas Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Topeka, KS

Platform Identity kanscorr.shawnee.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 2020

Tour of Duty 36 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail COVID19

Military Service

George Robare served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1976â1980) before joining law enforcement.

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Corrections Supervisor 1 George Robare is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In KS, 14 of 335 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.2% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Kansas Department of Corrections, 3 of 12 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Kansas Department of Corrections

of 12 officers

25% Illness

KS — Statewide

of 335 officers

4.2% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Illness