Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Joey Huerta died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Huerta had served with the Chicago Police Department for 21 years and was assigned to the Gang Investigation Division with detail to the Alternate Response Section.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Jose M. "Joey" Huerta died on December 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 7 at Chicago Police 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, son, daughter, and four siblings.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Huerta gave the Chicago Police Department 21 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Huerta.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Jose M. "Joey" Huerta 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 IL, 66 of 1,318 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Chicago Police Department, 46 of 571 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jose M. "Joey" Huerta's cause is highlighted.
How Jose M. "Joey" Huerta Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jose M. "Joey" Huerta is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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