Duty Death: Officer Reinaldo Arocha Jr. - [Newark]
End of Service: 15/09/2014
By Police1 Staff
NEWARK, N.J. — A veteran Newark officer died on-duty Tuesday after suffering a heart attack.
NJ.com reports 47-year-old Reinaldo Arocha Jr., a 23-year veteran police officer, was rushed to the hospital after collapsing while working his post early Tuesday morning.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
“I join with police officers throughout the city to mourn the loss of our brother in blue,” Police Director Eugene Venable said in a statement, “My thoughts and prayers are with the Arocha family including his wife and children. I urge us all to take pause as we remember our fallen brother.”