Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Paul Mooney died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Mooney was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the Texas Highway Patrol for 13 years and was assigned as a field recruiter for the West Texas Region.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Paul Keith Mooney died on June 14, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
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 seven children and six grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Mooney gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Mooney.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Paul Keith Mooney served in the U.S. Army (1986â2008) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Paul Keith Mooney is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 8.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, 1 of 95 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 1.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul Keith Mooney's cause is highlighted.
How Paul Keith Mooney Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Paul Keith Mooney is highlighted in Jun.
Military Service
Paul Keith Mooney served in the U.S. Army (1986–2008) before joining law enforcement.
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