Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Agent Dustin Slovacek died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while deployed to the United States-Mexico border in support of Operation Lone Star.
Agent Slovacek was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He served with the Texas Department of Public Safety- Criminal Investigations Division for 14 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Agent Dustin Lee Slovacek died on September 12, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 37.
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, parents, and brother who is also a Special Agent.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Agent Slovacek gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Slovacek.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Dustin Lee Slovacek served in the Marine Corps (2002â2006) before joining law enforcement.
Special Agent Dustin Lee Slovacek 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 Texas Department of Public Safety - Criminal Investigations Division, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dustin Lee Slovacek's cause is highlighted.
How Dustin Lee Slovacek Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Dustin Lee Slovacek is highlighted in Sep.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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