Roll of Honor
Incident
Correctional Lieutenant Steve Taylor died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Robert Presley Detention Center at 4000 Orange Street in Riverside.
Correctional Lieutenant Taylor had served with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department for 27 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Lieutenant Steve Taylor died on February 24, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
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, stepdaughter, mother, sister, and brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Lieutenant Taylor gave the Riverside County Sheriff's Department 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Riverside community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Lieutenant Taylor.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Lieutenant Steve Taylor 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 Riverside County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 27 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 7.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Steve Taylor's cause is highlighted.
How Steve Taylor Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Steve Taylor is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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