Roll of Honor
Ralph Edward Serrano
Incident
Corrections Deputy II Ralph Serrano died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Kearney Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility at 446 Alta Road in San Diego.
Deputy Serrano had served with the San Diego County Probation Department for over 18 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Deputy II Ralph Edward Serrano died on January 18, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at San Diego County Probation 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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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Deputy II Serrano gave the San Diego County Probation Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Diego community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Deputy II Serrano.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Deputy II Ralph Edward Serrano 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 San Diego County Probation Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ralph Edward Serrano's cause is highlighted.
How Ralph Edward Serrano Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Ralph Edward Serrano is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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