Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Jon Jenson died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Jenson was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for 26 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Jon Arden Jenson died on October 28, 2023 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 57.
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, daughter, son, and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Jenson gave the Fort Worth Police Department 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Jenson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jon Arden Jenson served in the Army (1987â1991) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Jon Arden Jenson 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 Fort Worth Police Dept., 4 of 59 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jon Arden Jenson's cause is highlighted.
How Jon Arden Jenson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jon Arden Jenson is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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