Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
End of Watch Monday, October 7, 1985
Pedro Burgos-Lacourt
Policeman Pedro Burgos-Lacourt drowned while working on efforts to recover the bodies of three policeman who drowned the previous day.
Policeman Homero Ortiz-Martinez, Policeman Herminio Lopez-Pilar, Sergeant Francisco Diaz-Melendez, drowned when their patrol car fell through a broken bridge into a swollen river during Tropical Storm Isabel. The officers were responding to a distress call when the incident occurred.
Bio
- Age 29
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Incident Details
- Cause Drowned
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