Roll of Honor
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.
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- July 23, 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Reuben Gene Warren, Jr. served in the Marine Corps (1987â1998) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Reuben Gene Warren, Jr. 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 California Highway Patrol, 5 of 233 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Reuben Gene Warren, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Reuben Gene Warren, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Reuben Gene Warren, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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