Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Robert McKinney died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Livingston Parish Detention Center at 20300 Government Boulevard in Livingston.
Corporal McKinney had served with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office for ten years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Robert William McKinney died on August 5, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 40.
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, daughter, parents, and brother.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal McKinney gave the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Livingston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal McKinney.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Robert William McKinney 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 LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.4 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Livingston Parish 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. Robert William McKinney's cause is highlighted.
How Robert William McKinney Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert William McKinney is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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