Joseph Robert Tinoco

Cook County Sheriff's Police Department — Maywood, IL

Illness

End of Watch January 13, 2022

Age 51

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Robert Tinoco died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Deputy Tinoco is survived by his wife, two daughters, a stepdaughter, two stepsons, two brothers, two sisters, and five grandchildren.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Robert Tinoco died on January 13, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Cook County Sheriff's Police Department.

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

Deputy Tinoco is survived by his wife, two daughters, a stepdaughter, two stepsons, two brothers, two sisters, and five grandchildren.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Tinoco gave the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Maywood community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Tinoco.

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

Agency

Department Cook County Sheriff's Police Department

Location Maywood, IL

Platform Identity ccsso.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 2022

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Robert Tinoco 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 IL, 66 of 1,318 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Cook County Sheriff's Police Department, 3 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Cook County Sheriff's Police Department

of 7 officers

42.9% Illness

IL — Statewide

of 1,318 officers

5% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness