Roll of Honor
Juan F. Llanes
Incident
Correctional Officer Juan Llanes died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Llanes had served with the Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for 33 years and was assigned to the Hospital Services Unit.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer Juan F. Llanes died on February 1, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 57.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 7 at Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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 son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Llanes gave the Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 33 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Llanes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Juan F. Llanes 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 FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 7 of 8 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Juan F. Llanes's cause is highlighted.
How Juan F. Llanes Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Juan F. Llanes is highlighted in Feb.
Others Who Wore This Badge
7 officers from Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are honored on badge.nw.
