Officer Kendle Blackburn - Lebanon Police Dept. - MO - True Life Hero

Kendle Blackburn
- Dec. 28, 2020 -

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Resided:	MO, USA
Born:	Sep. 22, 1965
Fallen:	Dec. 28, 2020
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 55 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Lebanon Police Dept. - MO 401 S. Jefferson Ave. Lebanon, MO 65536 USA (417)532-3131
County:	Laclede
Dept. Type:	Municipal/Police
Hero's Rank:	Officer
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Death - Biological
Weapon Class:	COVID-19
Agency URL:	Click Here
Badge:	334
On The Job:	21 years

Bio: Officer Blackburn had previously served with the Laclede County Sheriff�s Office for five years.

Bio: Kendle Glen Blackburn, son of Raymond Glen and Irene Esther Glendenning Blackburn, was born in Lebanon, Missouri.

Kendle graduated from Lebanon High School with the Class of 1983. After graduation, he was employed at Consumers, The Durham Company, Lowe Boats and was with Security at Copeland. He started a career in law enforcement in the late 90�s and has served with the Lebanon Police Department for many years. He also served as a deputy with Laclede County Sheriff�s Office and a brief time with Richland Police Department.

He was united in marriage with Debbie Sue Appleberry on June 27, 1987, and to this union was born three sons.

Survived by:

Wife
and three children

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	Lebanon, Laclede County, MO USA Wed. Nov. 18, 2020
Summary:	Officer Kendle Blackburn died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 from an exposure while on duty. ==================================================================== COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019. On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV). Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed. After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak. On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections. On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.
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