Roll of Honor
Miguel Rodriguez, Jr.
Incident
Sergeant Miguel Rodriguez died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Florida Agricultural Checkpoint at 752300 Interstate 95 in Yulee.
Sergeant Rodriguez had served with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement for over 15 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. died on October 21, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
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 three daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Rodriguez gave the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tallahassee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Rodriguez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. 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 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, 1 of 5 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. Miguel Rodriguez, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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