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Detention Officer

Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr.

Collin County Sheriff's Office — McKinney, TX

Illness Veteran

End of Watch December 1, 2020

Age 51

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

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Gender Male

His Life Service The Sacrifice Military Department 5

His Life

Detention Officer Joseph Quillen died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Collin County Detention Facility at 4300 Community Avenue in McKinney.

Officer Quillen was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Collin County Sheriff's Office for 19 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Detention Officer Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr. died on December 1, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.

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 sons.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detention Officer Quillen gave the Collin County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the McKinney community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Officer Quillen.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Collin County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location McKinney, Collin County, TX

Platform Identity ccso.collin.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 1, 2020

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

His Life Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr. served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Detention Officer Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr. is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.

At Collin 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.

Collin County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

16.7% Illness

TX — Statewide

204

of 2,421 officers

8.4% Illness

Nationwide

3,037

of 32,585 officers

9.3% Illness