Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Sergeant Randy French died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Detective Sergeant French had served with the Troy Police Department for 17 years and was assigned to the Special Operations Section. He is survived by his wife. two daughters, father, and sister.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Sergeant Randall Clayton French died on April 30, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 39.
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 wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Sergeant French gave the Troy Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Troy community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant French.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Sergeant Randall Clayton French 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 NY, 629 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.3% of this state's fallen. That is 20.2 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Troy Police Department, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Randall Clayton French's cause is highlighted.
How Randall Clayton French Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Randall Clayton French is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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