A San Francisco police recruit, Jon-Marques Psalms, 30, suffered a medical emergency after completing a training exercise Wednesday and later died at a local hospital. Psalms joined Recruit Class 286 earlier this year and formed close bonds with fellow recruits. Psalms grew up in Southern California, attended college in Louisiana, and worked in the Bay Area tech industry before pursuing law enforcement. The training exercise was part of a course mandated by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will investigate and report the cause of death; Cal/OSHA and the San Francisco Police Department have opened probes.
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco police recruit officer died Friday, just days after he suffered a medical emergency while training at the academy, according to police. The death is believed to be the first of its kind for the San Francisco Police Department. The recruit - identified as Jon-Marques Psalms, 30, of San Francisco - suffered the emergency after finishing a training exercise Wednesday, police said in a news release. Psalms was taken to an area hospital, where he later died.
Psalms grew up in Southern California and attended college in Louisiana. He then moved to the Bay Area, where he worked in the tech industry before pursuing a career in law enforcement. Earlier this year, Psalms joined Recruit Class 286 and "formed a tight bond with his fellow recruits," according to police. "The death of a recruit at the academy is incredibly unusual and tragic," the police department said in a follow-up social media post Friday night.
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