Roll of Honor
Frank Arnold
Incident
Lieutenant Frank Arnold died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in a confirmed exposure while on duty at the Porterville Developmental Center in Porterville, California.
Lieutenant Arnold had served with the California Department of Developmental Services - Office of Protective Services for eight years. He had previously served with the Shafter Police Department for four years, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office for 20 years, and the Tulare County District Attorney's Office for eight years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Frank Arnold died on January 22, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 65.
He is one of 884 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 his two sons and four grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Lieutenant Arnold gave the California Department of Developmental Services 40 years.
Thank you for your service to the Sacramento community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Arnold.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Frank Arnold is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frank Arnold's cause is highlighted.
How Frank Arnold Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Frank Arnold is highlighted in Jan.