School Resource Officer John Davis Starks, Clark County Sheriff's Office, Indiana

School Resource Officer John Davis Starks

Clark County Sheriff's Office, Indiana

End of Watch Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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John Davis Starks

School Resource Officer John Starks died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

School Resource Officer Starks had served with the Clark County Sheriff's Office for over 30 years. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and seven grandchildren.

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 70
Tour 30 years, 8 months
Badge Adam 41

Incident Details

Cause COVID19
Incident Date Sunday, November 21, 2021

communicable disease, COVID-19

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He was a wonderful man. When he worked as a resource officer at the school he helped my family and I. I had went through some things and he didn’t waste no time at all getting in contact with the right people we needed. After everything that happened to me he would always go out of his way pull to me the side and ask how I was actually doing. If I need someone to talk to he was always an open ear. May god rest his soul and protect his family.

Hanna Huckleberry
Victim he helped

December 14, 2025