Correctional Officer Gabriel Kyle Forrest

Correctional Officer Gabriel Kyle Forrest | Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington Correctional Officer Gabriel Kyle Forrest | Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington
Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington
Correctional Officer Gabriel Kyle Forrest | Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington
Correctional Officer Gabriel Kyle Forrest | Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington
Correctional Officer Gabriel Kyle Forrest

Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington

End of Watch Thursday, June 17, 2021

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Gabriel Kyle Forrest

Correctional Officer Gabriel Forrest died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Washington.

Officer Forrest had served with the Washington State Department of Corrections for 19 years.


The Effects of COVID on Law Enforcement



Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country began to contract COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic. Due to the nature of their job, law enforcement officers were required to work and interact with the community even as the majority of the country was self-quarantined. As a result, hundreds of officers died from COVID-related illnesses and other complications.

Corrections agencies, in particular, suffered tremendous losses due to the constant and close proximity between the corrections officers and large inmate populations. Since March 2020, ODMP has verified that over 900 law enforcement officers have died as the result of a confirmed or presumed exposure while on duty and continues to work with hundreds of other agencies that have suffered a COVID-related death.

Visit ODMP's COVID-19 memorial listing every officer who has died as a result of a confirmed or presumed exposure.

Bio

  • Age 42
  • Tour 19 years
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause COVID19
  • Incident Date Not available

communicable disease, COVID-19

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