Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Maybelle Hendricks died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Lieutenant Hendricks had served in law enforcement for 39 years. Prior to serving with the Ridgeville Police Department, she had served with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, St. George Police Department, Summerville Police Department, and Colleton County Sheriff’s Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Maybelle W. Hendricks died on August 17, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 70.
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 three children, seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and six siblings.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Hendricks gave the Ridgeville Police Department 39 years.
Thank you for your service to the Ridgeville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Hendricks.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Maybelle W. Hendricks 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 SC, 10 of 438 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Maybelle W. Hendricks's cause is highlighted.
How Maybelle W. Hendricks Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Maybelle W. Hendricks is highlighted in Aug.