Angela Dinece Chavers
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Deputy Sheriff

Angela Dinece Chavers

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office — West Palm Beach, FL
Illness
End of Watch September 12, 2020
Age 44
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Angela Chavers died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and inmates at Main Detention Center.

Deputy Chavers had served with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for 18 years and was assigned to the Inmate Management Division.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Deputy Sheriff Angela Dinece Chavers died on September 12, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 44.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 5 at Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

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

She is survived by her son and niece, who she had custody of.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Chavers gave the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the West Palm Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Chavers.

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

Agency

Location West Palm Beach, FL
Platform Identity pbcso.palmbeach.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 12, 2020
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
Age 44
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Deputy Sheriff Angela Dinece Chavers 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 FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 23 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 21.7% of this agency's fallen.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
5
of 23 officers
21.7% Illness
FL — Statewide
81
of 1,008 officers
8% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Angela Dinece Chavers's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Angela Dinece Chavers Compares

Age at End of Watch
44
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years
Years of Service
18
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.9 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Angela Dinece Chavers is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location