Roll of Honor
Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr.
Incident
Lieutenant Chris Cunningham died after contracting COVID-19 as the result of a confirmed exposure while on duty.
Lieutenant Cunningham was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for 22 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr. died on August 5, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Jacksonville 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
He is survived by his wife, five children, and three grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Cunningham gave the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jacksonville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Cunningham.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Lieutenant Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr. 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 Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, 2 of 30 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
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