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Miguel Rodriguez Jr.
Incident
Sergeant Miguel Rodriguez died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Florida Agricultural Checkpoint at 752300 Interstate 95 in Yulee.
Sergeant Rodriguez had served with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement for over 15 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Miguel Rodriguez Jr. died on October 21, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
He is one of 885 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
He is survived by three daughters.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Rodriguez gave the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tallahassee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Rodriguez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement has lost 5 officers; 1 of them lost to illness.
Miguel is one of 81 officers lost to illness in FL, 8% of the 1,007 remembered there.
Miguel is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Miguel is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 2021, 55 officers in FL were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 566 officers worldwide were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
Who
Miguel was 52. Of the 79 lost to illness in FL whose age is recorded, half were between 40 and 53; the middle age was 48. Miguel had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 16.5 years.
Miguel was 52. 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. Miguel had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Miguel was 52. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Miguel had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
October holds 9.9% of these deaths in FL; August holds the most, 33.3%. Thursdays: 16%.
October holds 14.9% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 15.7%.
October holds 12.6% of these deaths worldwide, more than any other month. Thursdays: 15.2%.
How
Illness deaths account for 20% of all 5 deaths at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8% of all 1,007 deaths in FL, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement has 5 officers remembered here, Miguel among them.
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.
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