Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Howell died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Deputy Howell had served in law enforcement for 13 years having served with the Henry County Sheriff's Department, Jenkins County Sheriff's Department, Georgia Southern Police Department, CCA Correction Facility, and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Alexander Howell died on January 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 36.
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 and six children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Howell gave the Henry County Sheriff's Office 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the McDonough community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Howell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Alexander Howell 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%.
At Henry County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Nicholas Alexander Howell's cause is highlighted.
How Nicholas Alexander Howell Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Nicholas Alexander Howell is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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