Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Kejuane Bates died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Bates is survived by his wife and daughter.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Kejuane Artez Bates died on April 1, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 36.
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
Officer Bates is survived by his wife and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Bates gave the Vidalia Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Vidalia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bates.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Kejuane Artez Bates 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 LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.4 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Vidalia Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kejuane Artez Bates's cause is highlighted.
How Kejuane Artez Bates Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kejuane Artez Bates is highlighted in Apr.
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