Newark Police Detective Dies From COVID-19 Complications
NEWARK, N.J. Aug 24 2020 A Newark Police detective is being remembered after dying from coronavirus complications.
Forty-three-year-old Det. Irving Callender was assigned to Mayor Ras Baraka‘s security detail and was a lifelong Newark resident.
Newark officials say Callender began his law enforcement career as a police officer assigned to the 5th Precinct in 2006. He joined the mayor’s executive protection unit in 2014.
He leaves behind a wife and two sons.
