Detective Joe Pollack’s dying is taken into account within the line of obligation, in response to the sheriff’s workplace.
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A detective with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace died early Thursday morning after contracting COVID-19, in response to a submit from the sheriff’s workplace.
The submit says Joe Pollack contracted the virus whereas on obligation and says his passing will likely be thought of as line of obligation dying.
Pollack had spent 20 years with the New York Police Division (NYPD) the place he retired as a sergeant. He then spent 19 years with DCSO, assigned to the Particular Investigations Unit.
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He’s survived by his spouse and three kids, in response to the sheriff’s workplace. Different members of regulation enforcement got here out to Littleton Adventist Hospital Thursday morning for a procession in honor of Pollack, in response to a tweet from DCSO.
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4 different regulation enforcement officers in Colorado have died from COVID-19 in 2021, in response to the Officer Down Memorial web page. They embody two Denver Sheriff’s Division deputies, a Windsor Police officer and a deputy with the Elbert County Sheriff’s Workplace.
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