Roll of Honor
His Life
Sergeant Ernie Quintero died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Court Security Division at 201 W. Jefferson Street in Phoenix.
Sergeant Quintero had served with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for 25 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Ernest Quintero died on July 6, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 6 at Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
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 two children, fiancée, and stepdaughter.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Quintero gave the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Quintero.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
His Life Details
Sergeant Ernest Quintero is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,587 officers honored here.
In AZ, 16 of 330 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.8% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.
At Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, 6 of 28 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 21.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ernest Quintero's cause is highlighted.
How Ernest Quintero Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Ernest Quintero is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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