The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has paid tribute to one of their officers who has died of COVID.
Sergeant Fred Cueto had served in the department for 22 years before succumbing to COVID.
A spokesperson for the LAPD said:
‘Sergeant Cueto was always known for having a smile and being a consummate professional.
‘Today (Monday 7th December) we lost him to COVID-19.
‘On behalf of the entire LAPD family, our condolences to his family and loved one.
‘Rest in peace Fred’.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 14.8m cases of COVID-19 in the United States with 282,000 deaths.
Got a story, blog or video? Please email our team, in complete confidence, at contact@emergency-services.news.
CLICK HERE to follow us on Twitter for more news, blogs and videos.
Before you go...
We need your help. As former emergency services & armed forces personnel, we pride ourselves on bringing you important, fast-moving and breaking news stories & video which are free from the negative bias which is often directed at the emergency services & NHS by some sections of the mainstream media.
One of the reasons we started 'Emergency Services News' was because we became tired of reading badly informed stories about the emergency services & NHS which seemed only ever to highlight negative aspects of the job.
We want to be the unheard voice of the remarkable men and women who serve in the emergency services, NHS and armed forces. And with around 500k page views each month, we are getting there!
As income from ads, the mainstay source of income for most publishers, continues to decline; we need the help of you, our readers.
You can support emergency services news from as little as £1. It only takes a minute. Every contribution, however big or small, is vital for our future.
Please help us to continue to highlight the life-saving work of the emergency services, NHS and armed forces by becoming a supporter.
