Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Rodney Davis died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Detective Davis had served with the Waycross Police Department for 16 years and also served as a part-time officer with the Coastal Pines Technical College Police Department.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Rodney Larone Davis, Sr. died on August 20, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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 mother, three daughters, three sons, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Davis gave the Waycross Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Waycross community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Davis.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Rodney Larone Davis, 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 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%.
At Waycross Police Department, 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. Rodney Larone Davis, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Rodney Larone Davis, Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Rodney Larone Davis, Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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