Mr. Joseph Rivera, an Army veteran and a former officer with the Jenkintown Police Department and the Horsham Township Police Department, passed away on Thursday, July 24. He was 46.
Prior to his days in law enforcement, he served in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of the Global War on Terrorism, his obituary said.
Officer Rivera served the Jenkintown community from 2008 to 2011. His tenure with the Horsham Township Police Department began in 2011 and ended in 2020 due to a serious health condition affecting his lungs which he contracted during his service overseas, according a post by the Horsham Township Police Department.
From the Horsham Township Police Department’s Facebook post:…