Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Jose Mora died after contracting COVID-19 while transporting a homicide suspect back to Fresno County from Oklahoma.
Detective Mora had served with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office for 16 years and had previously served with the Firebaugh Police Department for four years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Jose Cruz Mora died on September 7, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 44.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Fresno 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 wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Mora gave the Fresno County Sheriff's Office 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fresno community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Mora.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Jose Cruz Mora 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 Fresno County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 15 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jose Cruz Mora's cause is highlighted.
How Jose Cruz Mora Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jose Cruz Mora is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
14 officers from Fresno County Sheriff's Office are honored on badge.nw.
