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Timothy P. De La Fuente
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Detention Deputy

Timothy P. De La Fuente

Bexar County Sheriff's Office — San Antonio, TX
COVID-19 → Illness
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End of Watch April 30, 2020
Age 53
Tour of Duty 27 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Detention Deputy Timothy De La Fuente died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak of the illness at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center Annex where he was assigned.

Deputy De La Fuente had served with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office for 27 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Detention Deputy Timothy P. De La Fuente died on April 30, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

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

He is survived by his wife.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detention Deputy De La Fuente gave the Bexar County Sheriff's Office 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Deputy De La Fuente.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Bexar County Sheriff's Office
Type Sheriff's Office
Location San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Platform Identity bcso.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 30, 2020
Tour of Duty 27 yrs
Age 53
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

The Sacrifice · Illness

Timothy is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2020, 346 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Timothy was 53. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Timothy had served 27 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

April holds 6.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Thursdays: 15.7%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
V

His people

Bexar County Sheriff's Office has 18 officers remembered here, Timothy among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detention Deputy Timothy P. De La Fuente

Bexar County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch April 30, 2020

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 55-W

Also Remembered

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