HUDSON COUNTY, NJ April 3 2020 – The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association sadly announced that Bernard Waddell, Sr. lost his life on Wednesday, after contracting COVID-19. Waddell was serving as a Hudson County Correctional Police Officer and had 28 years of service. “His death is a grim reminder of the risks that our members […]
Riverside County CA April 3 2020 A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy died of COVID-19, authorities said Thursday. Deputy Terrell Young, a 15-year-veteran of the department, is the first member of the agency to die of the respiratory illness, the department said. The department had three deputies who tested positive for the coronavirus as of Saturday […]
Chicago IL April 3 2020 A Chicago police officer stricken with COVID-19 has died, making him the first cop in the department to die from the disease, officials said. The officer, Marco DiFranco, 50, was pronounced dead at 1:02 a.m. Thursday at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, according to the Cook County medical […]
ORLANDO, Fla. April 2 2020– An eighth Transportation Security Administration officer working at the Orlando International Airport has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to Orange County health officials. Dr. Raul Pino, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, confirmed the TSA agent’s diagnosis in a news conference Monday afternoon. […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif. April 2 2020— A Santa Rosa police detective who was among the first infected with coronavirus in the department has died, officials announced Tuesday. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a member of our SRPD family, Detective Marylou Armer. Marylou has faithfully served our community in the […]
New Orleans LA April 2 2020 The commander and three members of an Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office internal investigations unit abruptly resigned on Friday. The departures came amid an internal investigation into irregularities involving work hours and private employment, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, though Sheriff Marlin Gusman said in a […]
New York City NY April 2 2020 Thomas Carney, a ubiquitous presence at New York Fashion Week events for more than two decades, died March 27 as a result of contracting the coronavirus. Carney, 70, a member of the “fashion police” that are front and center as the black-suited security guards who man the shows, was […]
Birmingham AL April 2 2020 Big Barry, a well-known security officer working in retail loss prevention and at the nightclubs in the evenings, has passed away after being infected with the Coronavirus. Barry Howard, 49 grew up in Montgomery and worked briefly in law enforcement being taking an internal security position with Macy’s. The father […]
New York NY April 2 2020 The TSA’s director of security at several metro-area airports has tested positive for the coronavirus. “This is obviously not the lottery I wanted to hit, but I will press on through it,” Robert Duffy — the federal Transportation Security Administration’s director of security at LaGuardia, Islip, Westchester and upstate […]
MADISON, Wis. April 2 2020 A gunshot went off in University Hospital’s Emergency Department late Tuesday morning as a suspect fought with the police officers who took him there for treatment, the UW Police Dept. explained in a release. According to police, a pair of City of Fitchburg Police Department officers took the suspect to the […]