Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Jailer Gregory Means died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Casey County Detention Center at 169 Court House Square in Liberty.
Deputy Means had served with the Casey County Detention Center for over 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Jailer Gregory L. Means died on January 23, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 60.
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, three daughters, two brothers, a sister, and a grandson.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Jailer Means gave the Casey County Detention Center 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Liberty community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Jailer Means.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Jailer Gregory L. Means 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. Gregory L. Means's cause is highlighted.
How Gregory L. Means Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory L. Means is highlighted in Jan.