Deputy Sheriff William K. Nichols DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi End of Watch Wednesday, July 22, 2020 BIO Age 33 Tour 10 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Drowned Location Florida Deputy Sheriff William Nichols drowned while attempting to save his son from a rip current near Sandestin, Walton County, Florida. He was able […]
Deputy Sheriff Kietrell Pitts Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana End of Watch Sunday, May 31, 2020 BIO Age 44 Tour 2 years, 2 months Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Incident Date Not available Deputy Sheriff Kietrell Pitts died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail. Deputy Pitts had served […]
LOS ANGELES CA July 28 2020 A Los Angeles police officer whose domestic partner is pregnant with twins — died of the coronavirus Friday morning, becoming the agency’s first sworn member to succumb to complications from COVID-19 as the virus sweeps through the state. Officer Valentin Martinez, 45, was a 13-year veteran of the LAPD. He […]
Deputy Sheriff Dylan Pickle Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi End of Watch Sunday, July 26, 2020 BIO Age 27 Tour Not available Badge Not available Military Veteran INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Struck by vehicle Incident Date Saturday, July 25, 2020 Deputy Sheriff Dylan Pickle was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a safety checkpoint […]
Corrections Officer IV Jackson Pongay Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division, Texas End of Watch Sunday, July 19, 2020 BIO Age 56 Tour 4 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Incident Date Thursday, June 25, 2020 Corrections Officer IV Jackson Pongay died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and […]
Deputy Sheriff Oscar W. Rocha Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, California End of Watch Thursday, July 23, 2020 BIO Age 57 Tour 25 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Incident Date Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Deputy Sheriff Oscar Rocha died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and inmates at the Santa Rita […]
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas July 27 2020 Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Mark Brown died from COVID-19 on Saturday night, said the Office of Constable Ted Heap. Deputy Brown, 53, joined Precinct 5 in 2017 as patrol deputy for the Central District, according to the department. He joined the Special Operations Division in 2019. “Mark Brown represented […]
Orlando FL July 26 2020 Federal Security Director Pete Garcia announced Friday, three more TSA workers at Orlando International Airport have tested positive for coronavirus. In a message sent to staff, Garcia said the officers’ last day at the security checkpoint was July 23rd. Garcia said the officers will not return to work until they […]
Phoenix AZ July 24 2020 Jeff Orsborn, a security guard at Banner-University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, was hospitalized for a week with COVID-19. The frequency of crises he helps defuse are way up amid the pandemic. Orsborn’s own bout with COVID-19 has given him special empathy for COVID patients and their families at Banner-University Medical […]
Manchester NH July 24 2020 The University of New Hampshire campus communities in Durham and Manchester are mourning the loss of a longtime security supervisor. UNH Police Chief Paul Dean announced the sudden passing of Gary Sears on Wednesday. Dean said that Sears worked on the Durham campus for 33 years and then at the […]