Central Texas law enforcement experiences major spike in COVID deaths since August
TEXAS — COVID-19 is currently the leading cause of death for law enforcement in the U.S. Numbers from the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial Fund show that from January to June of 2020 76 of the 155 nationwide line-of-duty deaths were a result of the virus.
Here is Texas, statewide data shows there have been hundreds of police officer COVID deaths, with a major spike in the last few months in Central Texas. Since August, there have been at least five officer or deputy deaths because of COVID in the region.
“There’s not a week gone by that we haven’t been involved in a funeral,” said Rick Randall with the Austin Police Department.
After 25 years on the force, Randall has made a few friends. As an APD chaplain his job is to console and council his coworkers, and he says there’s been a whole lot of that recently.
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