Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Pete Mejia died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in a presumed exposure while on duty.
Detective Mejia was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the Pasadena Police Department for 16 years and was assigned to the Narcotics Division.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia died on February 6, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
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 daughters, mother, brother, sister, and maternal grandparents.
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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.
Detective Mejia gave the Pasadena Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pasadena community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Mejia.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Detective Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Pasadena Police Department, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia's cause is highlighted.
How Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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