Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Timothy Tanksley died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Corporal Tanksley had served with the Alto Police Department for two years and had previously served with the Dillard Police Department and 19 years in law enforcement.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Timothy Michael Tanksley died on October 8, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 40.
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, mother, father, and girlfriend.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Tanksley gave the Alto Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Alto community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Tanksley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Timothy Michael Tanksley 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. Timothy Michael Tanksley's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy Michael Tanksley Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Michael Tanksley is highlighted in Oct.