Roll of Honor
Incident
Major Rickie Groves died after contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure at the Kennett Police Department.
Major Groves had served with the Kennett Police Department for 35 years.
Major Groves had served with the Kennett Police Department for 35 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Major Rickie Allen Groves died on October 16, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 69.
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 five children. He is survived by his five children.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Major Groves gave the Kennett Police Department 36 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kennett community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Major Groves.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Major Rickie Allen Groves 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 MO, 26 of 813 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.2% of this state's fallen. That is 3.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Rickie Allen Groves's cause is highlighted.
How Rickie Allen Groves Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Rickie Allen Groves is highlighted in Oct.
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