Roll of Honor
Pedro "Pete" Romo
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Pete Romo died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
Deputy Romo had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 25 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Pedro "Pete" Romo died on February 14, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 5 at Los Angeles 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 and three children.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Romo 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, Deputy Sheriff Romo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Pedro "Pete" Romo is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 4.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, 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. Pedro "Pete" Romo's cause is highlighted.
How Pedro "Pete" Romo Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Pedro "Pete" Romo is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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