Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Jay Pena died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Pena had served with the San Antonio Park Police Department for nine years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Jay Vincent Pena died on September 26, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 33.
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 parents.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Pena gave the San Antonio Park Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Pena.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Jay Vincent Pena is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 204 of 2,422 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 8.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At San Antonio Park Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jay Vincent Pena's cause is highlighted.
How Jay Vincent Pena Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jay Vincent Pena is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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