Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Kietrell Pitts died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail.
Deputy Pitts had served with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office for two years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Kietrell Michael Pitts died on May 31, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 44.
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.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Pitts gave the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hammond community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Pitts.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Kietrell Michael Pitts 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 LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kietrell Michael Pitts's cause is highlighted.
How Kietrell Michael Pitts Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kietrell Michael Pitts is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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