Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Marylou Hernandez-Armer died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
It is presumed she contracted the illness during her duties as a domestic violence detective which required her to visit local hospitals, the county jail, confined interview rooms, and other high-risk locations.
Detective Hernandez-Armer had served with the Santa Rosa Police Department for 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Marylou P. Hernandez-Armer died on March 31, 2020 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
She is survived by her husband and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Hernandez-Armer gave the Santa Rosa Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Santa Rosa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Hernandez-Armer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Marylou P. Hernandez-Armer 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 CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Santa Rosa Police Dept., 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. Marylou P. Hernandez-Armer's cause is highlighted.
How Marylou P. Hernandez-Armer Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Marylou P. Hernandez-Armer is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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