He was 54 years old and practiced as a trainer. The first police officer died in France from the coronavirus, the national police announced on Friday. Said M., police major, succumbed "tonight at the hospital in Jossigny" (Seine-et-Marne), said the latter in an internal message.
The director general and the staff of @PoliceNationale learned with emotion the death of a police major following # Covid19.
A national expert in intervention techniques, he was a very valuable police officer.
We share the grief of those close to him. pic.twitter.com/czZxRklFbM
The police officer, "national expert in intervention techniques", worked on the Lognes site (Seine-et-Marne). As a trainer, he was not in contact with the public. Aged 54 and father of two, he had tested positive for Covid-19 on March 23 and hospitalized this Thursday evening "in emergency", learns 20 minutes from a police source.
The national police hailed "a very valuable policeman". Within the police, the gendarmerie had registered a first death due to the coronavirus on March 26.
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