Roll of Honor
His Life
Police Officer Alex Shindler died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Mt. Moriah Precinct at 2602 Mt. Moriah Road in Memphis.
Officer Shindler had served with the Memphis Police Department for 12 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Jimmie Alexander Shindler died on September 20, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 35.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Memphis Police Department.
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 and two children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Shindler gave the Memphis Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Shindler.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
His Life Details
Police Officer Jimmie Alexander Shindler is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In TN, 43 of 769 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.
At Memphis Police Department, 16 of 94 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 17% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jimmie Alexander Shindler's cause is highlighted.
How Jimmie Alexander Shindler Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jimmie Alexander Shindler is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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