Officer

Jorge Arias

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations — Washington, DC

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch October 19, 2022

Age 40

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

The Vigil Panel 180 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 38

Incident

Officer Jorge Arias was inadvertently shot and killed while training at the Trail Glades Range at 17601 SW 8th Street just after 10 am.

Officer Arias was a United States Coast Guard Reserve veteran and served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations. He was a Firearms Training Instructor and was assigned to the Miami International Airport.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Arias gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 9 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdhscbpofofed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 2022

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Jorge Arias served in the Coast Guard (2010â2021) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Jorge Arias is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, 5 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 12.8% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations

of 39 officers

12.8% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jorge Arias's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Jorge Arias Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jorge Arias is highlighted in Oct.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

Incident Location

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