Roll of Honor
Richard John Frankie
Incident
Sergeant Richard Frankie died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Frankie had served with the Fort Bend Independent School District Police Department for over three years. He had previously served with the Houston Independent School District Police for over 24 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Richard John Frankie died on September 17, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
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 sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Frankie gave the Fort Bend Independent School District Police Department 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Sugar Land community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Frankie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Richard John Frankie 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard John Frankie's cause is highlighted.
How Richard John Frankie Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Richard John Frankie is highlighted in Sep.