Clifford Dean Crouch
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Police Officer

Clifford Dean Crouch

Tallahassee Police Department — Tallahassee, FL
Illness
End of Watch September 11, 2021
Age 38
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
The Vigil Panel 177 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Clifford Crouch died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Officer Crouch had served with the Tallahassee Police Department for six years and had previously served with the Baton Rouge Police Department for six years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Police Officer Clifford Dean Crouch died on September 11, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 38.

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 four children.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Crouch gave the Tallahassee Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tallahassee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Crouch.

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

Agency

Location Tallahassee, FL
Platform Identity tpd.leon.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 11, 2021
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

Police Officer Clifford Dean Crouch 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 Tallahassee Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Tallahassee Police Department
1
of 5 officers
20% 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. Clifford Dean Crouch'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 Clifford Dean Crouch Compares

Age at End of Watch
38
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years
Years of Service
12
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.9 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Clifford Dean Crouch 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