Roll of Honor
Leslie Dale Allen
Incident
Chief Probation Officer Dale Allen died after contracting COVID-19 as the result of an exposure while on duty.
Chief Allen was a U.S. Army veteran where he served as a military police officer. He had served with the Athens-Clarke County Probation Services for 10 years and had previously served with the Clarke County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Chief Probation Officer Leslie Dale Allen died on August 4, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.
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, son, and two siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Chief Probation Officer Allen gave the Athens-Clarke County Probation Services 40 years.
Thank you for your service to the Athens community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Probation Officer Allen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Leslie Dale Allen served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Chief Probation Officer Leslie Dale Allen 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 GA, 63 of 903 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 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. Leslie Dale Allen's cause is highlighted.
How Leslie Dale Allen Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Leslie Dale Allen is highlighted in Aug.