Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Garry Duplessis died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Orleans Justice Center's Main Jail at 2800 Perdido Street in New Orleans.
Lieutenant Duplessis had served with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office for 28 years and was the commander of the Central Control Unit at the Orleans Justice Center at the time of his death.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Garry Peter Duplessis, Jr. died on April 28, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
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, mother, two sisters, and brother.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Duplessis gave the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Duplessis.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Garry Peter Duplessis, Jr. 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 Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, 3 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Garry Peter Duplessis, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Garry Peter Duplessis, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Garry Peter Duplessis, Jr. is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
6 officers from Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office are honored on badge.nw.
