Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Robert Joiner died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to Nimitz Middle School in Odessa.
Officer Joiner was a United States Army veteran. He had served with the Ector County Independent School District Police Department for 44 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Robert Troy Joiner died on September 5, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.
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, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandchildren, and sister.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Joiner gave the Ector County Independent School District Police Department 44 years.
Thank you for your service to the Odessa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Joiner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Robert Troy Joiner served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Robert Troy Joiner is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 8.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Troy Joiner's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Troy Joiner Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Troy Joiner is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Robert Troy Joiner served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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