Sheriff Kirk A. Coker Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Office, Texas End of Watch Sunday, March 29, 2020 BIO Age 57 Tour 35 years Badge 801 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Heart attack Sheriff Kirk Coker suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after responding to an unattended death near Fritch, Texas. He had responded from his home to the […]
Police Officer Marco DiFranco Chicago Police Department, Illinois End of Watch Wednesday, April 1, 2020 BIO Age 50 Tour 21 years Badge 19312 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Duty related illness Incident Date Thursday, March 26, 2020 Police Officer Marco DiFranco died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty. Officer DiFranco had served with the Chicago Police Department […]
Deputy Sheriff Terrell Young Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, California End of Watch Thursday, April 2, 2020 BIO Age Not available Tour 15 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Duty related illness Deputy Sheriff Terrell Young died after contracting COVID-19 from an infected inmate at the Byrd Detention Center. Deputy Young had served with the […]
Brooklyn NY April 3 2020 An NYPD traffic agent from Brooklyn who helped her mom raise her four younger siblings became the sixth suspected coronavirus death in the department Wednesday. Karisma Dargan, 33, joined the NYPD in 2017, and worked in its Brooklyn North tow yard. The NYPD is still awaiting her virus test results, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Montgomery County NC April 1 2020 A sheriff’s deputy in Montgomery County died from coronavirus Tuesday night as the state’s death toll pushed into double digits, law enforcement officials confirmed. Bud Phouang worked as a middle school resource officer in Biscoe, an area best known for being near Uwharrie National Forest. Sheriff Gregory Seabolt offered […]
PHOENIX AZ March 30 2020 — A Phoenix police commander has died and two other officers were injured Sunday night after they were shot during a domestic dispute in the north Valley. Commander Greg Carnicle was shot after police responded to the scene near 40th Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road around 7 p.m. The suspect, who […]
Harlem NY March 29 2020 An NYPD detective died after contracting coronavirus — the first officer to succumb to the disease. The 48-year-old crime fighter, identified as Cedric Dixon, worked in the 32nd Precinct in Harlem, officials said. The 23-year veteran cop passed away Saturday morning at North Central Bronx Hospital, police sources told The Post. […]