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Officer

Reuben Gene Warren Jr.

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch December 8, 2021

Age 53

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Badge 17850

The Vigil Panel 178 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 232

Incident

Officer Reuben Warren died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Officer Warren was a United States Marine Corps veteran who had served 17 years with the California Highway Patrol and had been assigned to the Santa Ana, San Diego, and Border Division offices. He had previously served with the San Diego Police Department.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Officer Reuben Gene Warren Jr. died on December 8, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 4 at California Highway Patrol.

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, son, and two daughters.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Officer Warren gave the California Highway Patrol 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Warren.

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

Agency

Department California Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Sacramento, CA

Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 8, 2021

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Age 53

Badge Number 17850

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Reuben Gene Warren Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1987â1998) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Reuben Gene Warren Jr. 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 CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At California Highway Patrol, 5 of 233 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.1% of this agency's fallen.

California Highway Patrol

of 233 officers

2.1% Illness

CA — Statewide

of 1,837 officers

4.1% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness