Two police offers have died due to COVID-19 within hours of each other. First, the Paterson Police Department announced that 34-year-old Officer Francesco Scorpo died.
“He will be remembered not only for being an exemplary police officer but as an exceptional and very special human being.”
The Bedminster Police Department announced that 38-year-old Sergeant AlTerek Patterson died. He joined the department in 2006 and was promoted to sergeant in 2014.