Roll of Honor
Richard Longoria
Incident
Corrections Officer Rick Longoria died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections at 400 S 6th Street in Louisville.
Officer Longoria had served with the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections for 18 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Officer Richard Longoria died on September 10, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
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 three sons, two step-children, three grandchildren, and his mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer Longoria gave the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kentucky. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Longoria.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Officer Richard Longoria 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 KY, 21 of 983 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.1% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Longoria's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Longoria Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Longoria is highlighted in Sep.