Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Frank Rodriguez died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned as the School Resource Officer at Midwest City High School at 213 Elm Street in Midwest City.
Sergeant Rodriguez was a United States Army veteran who served with the Midwest City Police Department for six years and previously served with the Guymon Police Department.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Frank Rodriguez died on September 29, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 39.
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 wife and three children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Rodriguez gave the Midwest City Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Midwest City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Rodriguez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Frank Rodriguez served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Frank Rodriguez 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 OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 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 Rodriguez's cause is highlighted.
How Frank Rodriguez Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Frank Rodriguez is highlighted in Sep.