Allen S. Giacchetti

Cook County Sheriff's Police Department — Maywood, IL

Illness

End of Watch April 30, 2021

Age 60

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Allen Giacchetti died from complications as the result of contracting COVID in the line of duty.

Deputy Giacchetti had served with the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department for 28 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Deputy Sheriff Allen S. Giacchetti died on April 30, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 60.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Cook County Sheriff's Police Department.

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, two sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren, and a sister.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Giacchetti gave the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the Maywood community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Giacchetti.

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

Agency

Department Cook County Sheriff's Police Department

Location Maywood, IL

Platform Identity ccsso.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 30, 2021

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

Age 60

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Deputy Sheriff Allen S. Giacchetti 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 IL, 66 of 1,318 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Cook County Sheriff's Police Department, 3 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Cook County Sheriff's Police Department

of 7 officers

42.9% Illness

IL — Statewide

of 1,318 officers

5% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness