Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Gregory Campbell died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center at 1941 Phinizy Road in Augusta.
Corporal Campbell had served with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office for 14 years.
Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country began to contract COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic. Due to the nature of their job, law enforcement officers were required to work and interact with the community even as the majority of the country was self-quarantined. As a result, hundreds of officers died from COVID-related illnesses and other complications.
Corrections agencies, in particular, suffered tremendous losses due to the constant and close proximity between the corrections officers and large inmate populations. Since March 2020, ODMP has verified that over 900 law enforcement officers have died as the result of a confirmed or presumed exposure while on duty and continues to work with hundreds of other agencies that have suffered a COVID-related death.
Visit ODMP's COVID-19 memorial listing every officer who has died as a result of a confirmed or presumed exposure.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Gregory Bernard Campbell died on September 18, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Richmond County Sheriff's Department.
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.
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The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Campbell gave the Richmond County Sheriff's Office 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Campbell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Gregory Bernard Campbell 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 GA, 63 of 905 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Richmond County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 14 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gregory Bernard Campbell's cause is highlighted.
How Gregory Bernard Campbell Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory Bernard Campbell is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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