Roll of Honor
Incident
Investigator Tracy Dotson died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while attending a training conference at 308 S Washinton Street in Fredericksburg.
Investigator Dotson was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office for 19 years and had previously served with the Grand Prairie Police Department for four years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Investigator Tracy Joe Dotson died on October 19, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 59.
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 sons, and one daughter.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Investigator Dotson gave the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Dotson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Tracy Joe Dotson served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Investigator Tracy Joe Dotson 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. Tracy Joe Dotson's cause is highlighted.
How Tracy Joe Dotson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Tracy Joe Dotson is highlighted in Oct.