Roll of Honor
Jamie John Arakawa
Incident
Sergeant Jamie Arakawa died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Arakawa was a United States Marine Corps Reserve veteran and had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 25 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Jamie John Arakawa died on February 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 5 at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept..
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, two sons, two daughters, two grandchildren, and his mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Arakawa gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Arakawa.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jamie John Arakawa served in the Marine Corps (1990â1991) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Jamie John Arakawa 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 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 7 of 120 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jamie John Arakawa's cause is highlighted.
How Jamie John Arakawa Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jamie John Arakawa is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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