Police officer collapses at police academy, dies
Officer Dennis Simmonds, 28, collapsed shortly before 1 p.m. at the academy on Williams Avenue in Hyde Park. Fellow officers started CPR and paramedics rushed him to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Simmonds was a 2009 graduate of the academy and a member of the Youth Violence Strike Force.
The Boston Police Department adds :
Officer Simmonds was honored at our most recent Boston Police Relief Association Awards Ceremony, earning the Department's highest honor, the Schroeder Brothers Memorial Medal for his bravery during the initial Watertown shoot-out following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
Officer Simmonds will be greatly missed by his friends, colleagues and all members of the Department. Funeral arrangements will be shared as soon as they become available.
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I believe it's Simmonds
R.I.P.
Thanks, fixed.
Unfortunately, the first reference I saw to him left off the 'd.'
Remove his name please
Please remove his name. He has a lot of out of state family and friends.
You surely jest.
This is the age of the internet.
Im sure his family
would appreciate the request.
Remove this from the list
I am a member of the family. His grandmother had not been notified of his deat which is why the family wanted to temove this information. His parents were travelling to MA to tell her and it would be better if she heard about it from the parents before she heard it anywhere else
His Grandma reads UHub?
Really?
Oh, it was in the Globe about an hour later ... and on the news casts at lunch time.
Adam reported released information.
Name
For better or worse, his name was already out there - I saw it in a tweet that was linked to by another tweet from a police commander.
What is the issue here?
His name was released to the press - it will be in the Herald and the Globe soon enough. That usually is not done until family has been notified.
It isn't as if Adam was chasing the ambulance and asking "what's his name! I need to put it out there so the whole world (that reads my blog) will know!"
RIP
May God keep Ofc. Simmonds
Looks like he was an awesome guy
Googled his name and found two great stories:
http://www.napo.org/top-cops/winners/
And this article with a photo of him. He was a very handsome man. And it looks like he had a big heart and exemplifies the best in law enforcement.