Roll of Honor
Julio Cesar Herrera, Jr.
Incident
Police Officer Julio Herrera died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working as a School Resource Officer at Ardrey Kell High School at 10220 Ardrey Kell Road in Charlotte.
Officer Herrera had served with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for over 28 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Julio Cesar Herrera, Jr. died on October 4, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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 his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Herrera gave the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the Charlotte community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Herrera.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Julio Cesar Herrera, 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 NC, 37 of 664 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, 1 of 9 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Julio Cesar Herrera, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Julio Cesar Herrera, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Julio Cesar Herrera, Jr. is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
8 officers from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are honored on badge.nw.
