Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Michelle Gattey died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Gattey was a United States Air Force veteran. She joined the Georgetown Police Department as an intern before attending the police academy. She had served as a police officer for nine months.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Michelle Beth Gattey died on September 16, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 44.
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 mother, sister, two brothers, and six nieces and nephews.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Gattey served with the Georgetown Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Georgetown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Gattey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Michelle Beth Gattey served in the Air Force (1997â2020) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Michelle Beth Gattey 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 Georgetown Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michelle Beth Gattey's cause is highlighted.
How Michelle Beth Gattey Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michelle Beth Gattey is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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