Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jarett Oroszi died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
He had initially contracted the illness in August 2021 and experienced lingering cardiac effects. He contracted COVID-19 a second time in early 2022 and continued to experience side effects. He suffered a cardiac event on February 17th, 2022, and was not able to be revived.
Deputy Oroszi had served with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office for eight years and was assigned to the Motor Unit.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Jarett Oroszi died on February 17, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 37.
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 parents, two sisters, and five nieces and nephews.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Oroszi gave the Washoe County Sheriff's Office 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Reno community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Oroszi.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jarett Oroszi 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 NV, 14 of 145 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Washoe County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jarett Oroszi's cause is highlighted.
How Jarett Oroszi Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jarett Oroszi is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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