Jon-Marques Psalms, a 30-year-old San Francisco Police Department recruit, collapsed after completing an academy training exercise and later died at a hospital despite on-site medical treatment and paramedic transport. Police have not specified the exact drill; reporting indicates he participated in an endurance exercise wearing RedMan protective gear. The training was mandated by POST. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and Cal/OSHA are investigating, and SFPD has opened an internal investigation. Psalms lived in San Francisco, grew up in Southern California, attended an out-of-state college, previously worked in the tech industry, and was part of Recruit Class 286.
A San Francisco Police Department recruit officer has died after suffering a medical emergency at the academy on Wednesday, the department announced on social media Friday. Recruit Officer Jon-Marques Psalms, 30, had completed a training exercise before suffering the emergency, the statement said. He was given medical treatment on site before being taken to the hospital by paramedics, where he later died, on Friday, according to the department.
Police did not specify what training Psalms participated in before suffering the emergency, but according to reporting by the SF Standard, Psalms took part in an endurance exercise in RedMan training gear, thick, head-to-toe padding used by law enforcement in sparring and combat training. SFPD said the training Psalms had completed was mandated by POST, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the agency responsible for setting minimum selection and training standards for California law enforcement.
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