Roll of Honor
Randall Lewis Sims
Incident
Sergeant Randall Sims died from complications after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the Havins Unit in Brownwood, Texas.
Sergeant Sims had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 27 years.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the Children of God"
We commit this Officer into the hands of our Lord. May the Officer's loved ones find peace in the life led, honor in their Officer's performance and choice of profession, and profound happiness upon being reunited in the future.
God Bless all who answer the Call.
Rusty Featherstone Deputy Director (Ret.) Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) July 28th, 2021
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Randall Lewis Sims died on January 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 57.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 55 at Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division.
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.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Sims gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Sims.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Randall Lewis Sims 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 55 of 124 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Randall Lewis Sims's cause is highlighted.
How Randall Lewis Sims Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Randall Lewis Sims is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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