Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy First Class Ken Olander died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deputy Olander had served with the Frederick County Sheriff's Office for 32 years and was the agency's lead Drug Recognition Expert. In addition, he had been assigned to the traffic unit and served as a patrol operations deputy and school resource officer.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy First Class Kenny Olander died on March 2, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 61.
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
Deputy Olander is survived by his wife, two daughters, and son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy First Class Olander gave the Frederick County Sheriff's Office 32 years.
Thank you for your service to the Frederick community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy First Class Olander.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy First Class Kenny Olander 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 MD, 15 of 377 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Frederick County Sheriff's Office, 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. Kenny Olander's cause is highlighted.
How Kenny Olander Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kenny Olander is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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