Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Corporal Arnulfo Pargas died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working on patrol duty.
Senior Corporal Pargas had served with the Dallas Police Department for 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Corporal Arnulfo Pargas died on September 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 5 at Dallas Police Department.
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, three sons, and two daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Corporal Pargas gave the Dallas Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corporal Pargas.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Corporal Arnulfo Pargas 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 Dallas Police Department, 6 of 95 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arnulfo Pargas's cause is highlighted.
How Arnulfo Pargas Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Arnulfo Pargas is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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