Fallen: PFC Frank Fidazzo

[Rebecca]

We've lost our first Officer due to a bicycle accident this year. He could be the first one ever... I'll have to check into it. It just shows us that there is no area of the job where safety is assured. Be safe, everyone.

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*Private First Class Frank Fidazzo
Morgantown Police Department, WV

Cause of Death: Bicycle accident
End of Watch: June 10, 2000
Date of Incident: June 9, 2000
Time of Incident: 0945 hours
Age: 44
Tour of Duty: 11 yr
Suspect Info: n/a
Weapon Used: No weapon

PFC Fidazzo died one day after being involved in a bicycle accident while training with the agency's bike unit. PFC Fidazzo and other bike officers from several agencies were finishing a one week training series and were riding on a path in a city park when PFC Fidazzo's bike hit a hump, throwing him over the handlebars. He received serious head injuries and was transported to a local hospital where he died the next day. PFC Fidazzo had been with the bike unit for three years and had been with the agency for 11 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.

*as reported by the ODMP

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My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and children.

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[7@NGHS]

This is the first of this kind that I know of. As you say, it is not the manner of loss but the loss itself that counts.

After thinking about it, it is a wonder more Community Oriented Cops are not killed. The "booby" traps left out in the projects where they ride is enough to curl your toes. I myself had a lady slide through a stop sign and hit me. Ole Trek took the worst of it but it was scary. We have had some serious injuries in my area but none permanent or fatal.

Stay safe Brothers and Sisters. The perils are always there and we never know when they are going to catch up to us.

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Eddie

[CJ122]

My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of PFC Fidazzo.