Duty Death: Siegfred Mortera
End of Service: 14/02/2015
By Police1 Staff
GUAM — A police officer died Saturday after suffering a heart attack during SWAT training Wednesday.
According to the Pacific News, Officer Siegfred Mortera — who’d suffered heart trouble in the past — collapsed and was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
According to ODMP, the 49-year-old officer remained unresponsive in the hospital until he passed away. He served with the Guam Police Department for 17 years.
Mortera was one of three officers hospitalized during the training. Two others fell ill after suffering from dehydration, but are expected to fully recover. The department has made changes to their training in the wake of the incidents.
“Since Wednesday there’s been some adjustments to bring them out from the heat at the range, because they were scheduled all last week to be out at the shooting range and they were brought in for some class time Thursday to just kind of rest and re-hydrate and what have you. All along they are told how extensive and how demanding this training is—I mean it is SWAT training—and to stay hydrated and eat,” GPD Spokesman Officer AJ Balajadia told the Pacific News.
Mortera is survived by his wife and four children, according to the report.