Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Bobby Montgomery died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Officer Montgomery had served with the Memphis Police Department for 17 years and was assigned to the Tillman Station.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Bobby Rodriguez Montgomery died on August 16, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 45.
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 three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Montgomery gave the Memphis Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Montgomery.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Bobby Rodriguez Montgomery 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 TN, 43 of 769 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
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. Bobby Rodriguez Montgomery's cause is highlighted.
How Bobby Rodriguez Montgomery Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Bobby Rodriguez Montgomery is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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