Lapd Detention Officer
A los angeles police department detention officer died of covid 19 complications friday night becoming the agency s first coronavirus fatality.
Lapd detention officer. A detention officer manages the intake of department arrestees including booking fingerprinting and maintaining custody and control of arrested persons which may require the use of force to overcome resistance. He had been on the force for 13 years. A detention officer is an unarmed civilian employee of the police department who processes arrestees including booking fingerprinting and maintaining custody and control.
The officer was identified as senior detention. Officer valentin martinez 45 worked patrol and is presumed to have contracted the virus while on duty said lapd chief michel moore.