Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant John Trout died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Trout had served with the Bernice Police Department for four years. He was a former chief of police for the Spavinaw Police Department and the Strang Police Department. He also served as a deputy sheriff for the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant John Lee Trout, Sr died on August 25, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 66.
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 four children, 12 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Trout gave the Bernice Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bernice community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Trout.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John Lee Trout, Sr is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Bernice Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Lee Trout, Sr's cause is highlighted.
How John Lee Trout, Sr Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Lee Trout, Sr is highlighted in Aug.
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