Roll of Honor
Incident
Detention Sergeant Janell Visser died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Miller County Adult Detention Center at 1999 MO-52 in Tuscumbia.
Sergeant Visser had served with the Miller County Sheriff's Office for 14 years and was named Jailer of the Year in 2021.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detention Sergeant Janell L. Visser died on January 9, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 55.
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
She is survived by her husband, two sons, one daughter, and five grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detention Sergeant Visser gave the Miller County Sheriff's Office 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tuscumbia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Sergeant Visser.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detention Sergeant Janell L. Visser 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%.
At Miller County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Janell L. Visser's cause is highlighted.
How Janell L. Visser Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Janell L. Visser is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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