Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Mike Garigan died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure at the Gordon County Jail.
Captain Garigan had served with the Gordon County Sheriff's Office for 30 years and served as the commander of the Gordon County Jail.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Captain Michael D'Angelo Garigan died on January 24, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 56.
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, three children, four grandchildren, parents, and siblings.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Captain Garigan gave the Gordon County Sheriff's Office 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the Calhoun community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Garigan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Michael D'Angelo Garigan is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Gordon County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael D'Angelo Garigan's cause is highlighted.
How Michael D'Angelo Garigan Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael D'Angelo Garigan is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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