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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,972 posts)
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 08:53 PM Jan 2022

1 police department loses 2 officers to COVID-19 within days

Two officers with the Aurora Police Department in Illinois -- both 51 years old -- have died of COVID-19 within days of each other.

Aurora police officer Brian Shields died of COVID-19 on Jan. 11.

"Officer Shields served with dedication, loyalty, and honorable police service to the City of Aurora for more than 16 years," the department said.

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Just days later, on Jan. 19, Aurora Police Sgt. Ken Thurman died of COVID-19, the department said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/1-police-department-loses-2-officers-to-covid-19-within-days/ar-AASYUjC

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1 police department loses 2 officers to COVID-19 within days (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
Need I ask? aeromanKC Jan 2022 #1
they'll say they caught it in the line of duty tishaLA Jan 2022 #2
Of Course, Assholes To The Last nt SoCalDavidS Jan 2022 #3

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
2. they'll say they caught it in the line of duty
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 09:13 PM
Jan 2022

rather than their own obstinance, too, because of survivor benefits.

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