Roll of Honor
Thomas Kristopher Hutchison
Incident
Police Officer Kris Hutchison died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Haltom Middle School at 5001 Hadley Street in Haltom City.
Officer Hutchison was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Haltom City Police Department for five years as a school resource officer and an advisor to Law Enforcement Explorer Post #502. He had previously served two years with the Kennedale Police Department and one year with the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Thomas Kristopher Hutchison died on October 27, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 31.
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
Officer Hutchison is survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother, stepfather, father, stepmother, two sisters, and a brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Hutchison gave the Haltom City Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Haltom City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hutchison.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Thomas Kristopher Hutchison served in the Marine Corps (2009â2013) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Thomas Kristopher Hutchison 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 Haltom City 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. Thomas Kristopher Hutchison's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Kristopher Hutchison Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Kristopher Hutchison is highlighted in Oct.
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