Leslie Dale Allen
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Chief Probation Officer

Leslie Dale Allen

Veteran → Illness
End of Watch August 4, 2020
Age 62
Tour of Duty 40 yrs
The Vigil Panel 172 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Chief Probation Officer Dale Allen died after contracting COVID-19 as the result of an exposure while on duty.

Chief Allen was a U.S. Army veteran where he served as a military police officer. He had served with the Athens-Clarke County Probation Services for 10 years and had previously served with the Clarke County Sheriff's Office.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Chief Probation Officer Leslie Dale Allen died on August 4, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.

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, son, and two siblings.

In Our Keeping

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August 2, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Chief Probation Officer Allen gave the Athens-Clarke County Probation Services 40 years.
Thank you for your service to the Athens community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Probation Officer Allen.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Athens, GA
Platform Identity acps.clarke.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 4, 2020
Tour of Duty 40 yrs
Age 62
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Leslie Dale Allen served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Chief Probation Officer Leslie Dale Allen is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In GA, 63 of 904 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%.

Athens-Clarke County Probation Services
1
of 1 officers
100% Illness
GA — Statewide
63
of 904 officers
7% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,759 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Leslie Dale Allen's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Leslie Dale Allen Compares

Age at Death
62
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
40
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Leslie Dale Allen is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location

Military Service

Leslie Dale Allen served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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