Roll of Honor
Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa
Incident
Deputy Constable Manuel De La Rosa died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while serving papers.
Deputy Constable De La Rosa had served in law enforcement for 15 years. He had previously served with the Bridgeport Police Department, Sunset Valley Police Department, Texas State University Police Department, and the Hays County Sheriff’s Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Constable Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa died on February 16, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
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 daughter, father, and sister.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Constable De La Rosa gave the Hays County Constable's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kyle community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Constable De La Rosa.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Constable Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa 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. Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa's cause is highlighted.
How Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa is highlighted in Feb.