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30Jul

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Erik Lloyd, police officer

Erik Lloyd – who had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for nearly 30 years, died from coronavirus at University Medical Center on July 29, 2020. He was 53. He worked to help the families of fellow Clark County police officers hurt or killed in the line of duty for more than 16 years. “Everyone knows Erik as the man that shows up when tragedy strikes, whether it’s injury or a death,” Will Huddler, chairman of the Las Vegas Police Managers and Supervisors Association, said before learning of Lloyd’s death. “And now, it’s just this awkward feeling for the agency and all of us that Erik is the one who needs help. He’s always been there to help us.” In a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department, delivered...

15Jul

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Robert Hall, police officer

Robert Hall, a Columbia police officer, died from complications due to COVID-19 on July 14, 2020. Master Police Officer Robert Hall, known to family and friends as Bob, died in the morning of July 14, 2020, after receiving treatment at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital since July 5. Hall was a 35-year veteran of the Columbia Police Department. “Officer Hall exemplified everything that is expected out of a 21st Century police officer – service before self, professionalism, integrity, and compassion,” said Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook. “MPO Hall was well-known within the City of Columbia’s business and entertainment districts, having played an integral part in event planning and security. MPO Hall served with distinction and honor for more ...

15Jul

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G. Rajasekhar, police inspector

G. Rajasekhar – a Circle Inspector (Traffic) in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh ‑ succumbed to the virus at the KIMS-Saveera Hospital on the evening of July 14, 2020. Superintendent of Police B. Satya Yesu Babu expressed grief over Rajasekhar’s death and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family. The Hindu

10Jul

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Hareswar Nath, police constable

Hareswar Nath, a 53-year-old Assam Police personnel, died due to COVID-19 pandemic at IITG COVID care centre on July 10, 2020. The deceased had tested positive for Coronavirus on July 7. Hareswar Nath, 16 IRBn, was a non-symptomatic patient with no co morbidities, However, he later succumbed to COVID 19 at IITG COVID care centre. His oxygen levels plummeted to 90 within hours and hence he collapsed. News Live

8Jul

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Yogender Yadav, police constable

Yogender Yadav, a 40-year-old Delhi Police constable who was undergoing treatment for liver related complications at a hospital in New Delhi passed away on July 7, 2020, 12 days after testing positive for COVID-19. Constable Yogender Yadav was posted at Paschim Vihar West Police Station and passed away on Tuesday, news agency PTI quoted a senior officer as saying. He was admitted to Park Hospital on June 12 due to a liver-related ailment and had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 25. He hailed from Balaha Kalan village in Mahendergarh district of Haryana and lived with his family in police colony, Paschim Vihar, the officer said. The deceased is survived by his wife Rekha (32), son Lakshay Yadav (14) and daughter Akshu Yadav (3), police said. Delhi Lieutenant Governo...

3Jul

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Bhagirath Adhav, police officer

Bhagirath Adhav ‑ an Assistant Police Inspector from Maharashtra posted at Samta Nagar police station in Kandivali East ‑ succumbed to coronavirus on July 3, 2020. He had tested positive on June 26, and was admitted to Oscar Hospital in Kandivali West two days later. Dilip Sawant, Additional Commissioner of Police, North Region, said Adhav’s health was deteriorating and he passed away at 4.30 pm after suffering a heart attack. Adhav, 52, is survived by his wife, daughter and son. His younger brother, inspector Chimmaji Adhav, is in charge of Unit XI of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch. API Adhav was fitted with a pacemaker a few years ago, after he had suffered a heart attacked. He had been working throughout the lockdown, officials said, patrolling his beat in Samta Nag...

3Jul

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Erica McAdoo, police officer

Erica McAdoo, a Senior Detention Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, died from complications of COVID-19 on July 3, 2020. LAPD officials have not confirmed thus far whether or not Officer McAdoo acquired the virus on the job. Another 287 LAPD employees are now quarantined at home after having been exposed to the novel coronavirus, according to the department’s tweet. On Facebook, Jerome Hall, of the Fort Worth Black Law Enforcement Officers Association, wrote that Erica McAddo’s mother, Donna Royston, reported that even though her daughter had been “cured” of the COVID-19 virus, yet “she remained ill for months,” with damage to heart and kidneys. WLA has not yet been able to confirm the above statement, but the matter of ser...

1Jul

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Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, police inspector

Sanjeev Kumar Yadav ‑ a 49-year-old inspector of Delhi Police who was posted with special cell ‑ died at South Delhi’s Max hospital the night of June 30, 2020, due to COVID-19. “Sanjeev Kumar Yadav had been admitted to Max Hospital after testing positive around 15 days ago. He developed fever and was on ventilator after complaining of breathlessness,” a senior police officer said. Yadav was posted with the south-western range of special cell and received the Police Medal for gallantry this year. He was earlier posted with Crime Branch and Tughlaq Road police station. He hailed from Uttar Pradesh and is survived by his wife, who was also hospitalised after she was tested positive and two children in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar. The Indian Express

Antonio González Pacheco, police officer

8May

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Antonio González Pacheco, police officer

Antonio González Pacheco Antonio González Pacheco died on 7 May 2020 from COVID-19 in Spain at the age of 73. Pacheco, known also as Billy the Kid (Billy el Niño) was a Spanish police inspector in Francoist Spain who was charged with 13 counts of torture and sought for extradition by an Argentine judge in 2014. María Romilda Servini had called for the indictment. The request for extradition was refused by the Spanish High Court on the basis that the statute of limitations had run out on the accusation against him. He competed in a half-marathon in Madrid in 2010. He previously had a pension that was 1.5 times larger than the usual one and he had four medals of honour. A report from the Ministry of the Interior in 2018 revealed this. ‘That year interior minister Fernando Gra...

6May

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Amit Kumar, police constable

Amit Kumar, a 32-year-old Delhi Police constable, died on May 5, 2020, hours after developing the symptoms of COVID-19. At least two government hospitals refused to admit him, his colleague alleged. This was the first death in Delhi Police with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported The Hindu. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North West) Vijayanta Arya reportedly said constable Amit Kumar was posted at Bharat Nagar police station. A resident of Haryana’s Sonipat, Kumar is survived by his wife and a three-year-old son. Ten officers who came in contact with him have been quarantined, The Hindu's Hemani Bhandari quoted the police as saying. A constable-rank colleague who was taking care of Kumar since May 4 said he initially had fever but it subsided after he took a medicin...