Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Correctional Institutions Division, Texas
End of Watch Friday, January 15, 2021
Lieutenant Treva Preston died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the Hamilton Unit in Bryan, Texas.
Lieutenant Preston had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 16 years.
In early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country contracted COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic due to requirements of their job. Many of these first responders died as a result of COVID-19.