Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Joseph Cisneros died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Cisneros had served with the San Antonio Police Department for over 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Joseph Anthony Cisneros, Jr. died on February 1, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 43.
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, two children, father, mother, and brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Cisneros gave the San Antonio Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Cisneros.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Joseph Anthony Cisneros, Jr. 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 San Antonio Police Dept., 2 of 64 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Anthony Cisneros, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Anthony Cisneros, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Anthony Cisneros, Jr. is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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