Roll of Honor
Robert Rivera
Incident
Police Officer Robert Rivera died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Rivera had served with the Plainview Independent School District Police Department for two years and previously served with the Hale County Sheriff's Office for fifteen years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Robert Rivera died on December 15, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 45.
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 wife, three daughters, two grandchildren, three brothers, and two sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Rivera gave the Plainview Independent School District Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Plainview community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Rivera.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Robert Rivera 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 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. Robert Rivera's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Rivera Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Rivera is highlighted in Dec.