Roll of Honor
Richard Anthony Sepolio, Sr.
Incident
Investigator Richard Sepolio died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Investigator Sepolio was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Harris County District Attorneys Office for eight years and had previously served with the Houston Police Department for 36 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Investigator Richard Anthony Sepolio, Sr. died on January 13, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 71.
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, father, two sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Investigator Sepolio gave the Harris County District Attorney's Office 44 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Sepolio.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Richard Anthony Sepolio, Sr. served in the Army (1970â1973) before joining law enforcement.
Investigator Richard Anthony Sepolio, Sr. 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 Harris County District Attorney's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Anthony Sepolio, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Richard Anthony Sepolio, Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Anthony Sepolio, Sr. is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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