Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Kurt Enget died as the result of complications from contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Officer Enget had served with the Bainbridge Island Police Department for three years and had previously served with the Suquamish for 12 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Kurtis James Enget died on April 10, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
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 children, and two grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Enget gave the Bainbridge Island Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bainbridge Island community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Enget.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Kurtis James Enget 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 WA, 19 of 339 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 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. Kurtis James Enget's cause is highlighted.
How Kurtis James Enget Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kurtis James Enget is highlighted in Apr.