ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A South Fulton police officer has passed away, the department announced Thursday.
“It is with profoundly heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Officer Danielle McClendon,” the South Fulton Police Department said in a social media post. “Danielle was more than an officer and colleague, she was family. The bonds formed in this profession are unlike those of an ordinary job. We spend countless hours together, depend on one another, laugh together, struggle together and, somewhere along the way, coworkers become family. Danielle was our family.”
The department did not release a cause of death.
“Her loss is felt deeply throughout the South Fulton Police Department,” police said. “Although our department will not be the same without her, we will hold tightly to the memories she gave us and the impact she made on everyone fortunate enough to know her. Please keep Danielle’s family, friends, loved ones and the entire South Fulton Police Department family in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate this heartbreaking loss.”…