Roll of Honor
Richard Wendell Humphrey
Incident
Investigator Richard Humphrey died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Investigator Humphrey had served with the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office for four years. He had over 27 years in law enforcement, having previously served with the Madison County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee as well as the Foley Police Department and Bay Minnette Police Department in Alabama.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Investigator Richard Wendell Humphrey died on September 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 63.
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 son, daughter, ten grandchildren, his parents, one brother, and two sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Investigator Humphrey gave the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office 29 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bay Minette community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Humphrey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Investigator Richard Wendell Humphrey 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 AL, 23 of 643 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 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. Richard Wendell Humphrey's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Wendell Humphrey Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Wendell Humphrey is highlighted in Sep.