Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant John Harris died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Harris had served with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office for 12 years and was assigned to the Officer Assistance Program.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant John Arthur Harris II died on August 19, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 43.
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 four children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Harris gave the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tulsa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Harris.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John Arthur Harris II 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 OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Arthur Harris II's cause is highlighted.
How John Arthur Harris II Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Arthur Harris II is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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