10/26/2025
๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐โ๐ฆ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐๐ญ
Citrus County, FL โ It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of School Resource Officer Marcial Rodriguez, affectionately known as Deputy Rod, badge number 301, who passed away unexpectedly on the night of October 24, 2025, immediately following his shift. Deputy Rodriguez was a cherished part of our School Resource Officer team and a dedicated member of our agency since August 21, 2000.
Throughout his career, Deputy Rodriguez embodied the spirit of service, safety, and compassion for our community. He had a distinguished career in law enforcement with various important roles, starting as a Deputy Sheriff before transitioning to a detective, serving as both a Community Crimes Detective and a Domestic Violence Detective before becoming a School Resource Officer in 2018. With roles as a Crime Scene Technician, a member of the Bomb Team, and the Crisis Negotiation Team, we knew Deputy Rodriguez would be exceptionally prepared to handle critical situations within our schools.
While Deputy Rodriguez received many awards for his service, none are as notable as the letters of appreciation from citizens and community leaders. These letters are filled with heartfelt sentiments about his positive energy, humor, and unwavering support. Students at Crystal River High School regularly wrote to CCSO to express their gratitude for the significant impact he had on their lives. He was a comforting presence in the schools, where students found reassurance, guidance, and inspiration in his approachable demeanor. For many, he was a symbol of stability and kindness. One former student wrote, โYou have helped me through a lot of hard life situations. You are a good dude and willing to help anyone at any time.โ
Deputy Rodriguez was known to go above and beyond, and examples of his dedication to the community are numerous, from assisting crossing guards during bad weather to actively engaging in meaningful discussions about serious topics like alcohol and drug use with students.
โ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ; ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ,โ remarked Sheriff David Vincent. โ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ.โ
Deputy Rodriguez leaves behind his beloved wife, Carol, and their sons, Isaiah and Josiah. Our hearts go out to them during this incredibly difficult time.
We kindly ask all to keep the Rodriguez family in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate this difficult time. Further details regarding memorial services will be communicated as they become available.
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