Roll of Honor
Incident
Master Trooper Vince Mullins died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Greene County Scales Complex in the Fall Branch District.
Trooper Mullins was a United States Army veteran who had served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol for over 25 years and was assigned to the Greene County Scales Complex in the Fall Branch District.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Master Trooper Vince Arnold Mullins died on January 28, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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, six children, five grandchildren, parents, and two sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Master Trooper Mullins gave the Tennessee Highway Patrol 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Tennessee. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Trooper Mullins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Vince Arnold Mullins served in the Army (1986â1992) before joining law enforcement.
Master Trooper Vince Arnold Mullins 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 Tennessee Highway Patrol, 1 of 41 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Vince Arnold Mullins's cause is highlighted.
How Vince Arnold Mullins Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Vince Arnold Mullins is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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