Police Officer Robert Troy Joiner, Ector County Independent School District Police Department, Texas

Police Officer Robert Troy Joiner

Ector County Independent School District Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Sunday, September 5, 2021

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Robert Troy Joiner

Police Officer Robert Joiner died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to Nimitz Middle School in Odessa.

Officer Joiner was a United States Army veteran. He had served with the Ector County Independent School District Police Department for 44 years. He is survived by his wife, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandchildren, and sister.

The Effects of COVID on Law Enforcement

Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country began to contract COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic. Due to the nature of their job, law enforcement officers were required to work and interact with the community even as the majority of the country was self-quarantined. As a result, hundreds of officers died from COVID-related illnesses and other complications.

Corrections agencies, in particular, suffered tremendous losses due to the constant and close proximity between the corrections officers and large inmate populations. Since March 2020, ODMP has verified that over 900 law enforcement officers have died as the result of a confirmed or presumed exposure while on duty and continues to work with hundreds of other agencies that have suffered a COVID-related death.

Visit ODMP's COVID-19 memorial listing every officer who has died as a result of a confirmed or presumed exposure.

Bio

Age 62
Tour 44 years
Badge 1234
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause COVID19
Incident Date Thursday, August 19, 2021

communicable disease, COVID-19

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Troy

This morning the Honor Guard placed the wreath in front of the administration building on the fourth anniversary of your death. The wreath with your name on it will stay at this location throughout the day.

Hard to believe it's been four years.

The department has grown so fast we now have seventy officers and two horses.

You are missed.

Sergeant Rick Henegar
ECISD Police Department

September 5, 2025