San Francisco police recruit dies after mandated training exercise

The Brief

  • Jon-Marques Psalms, 30, died two days after suffering a medical emergency during a training exercise with his SFPD recruit class.
  • Authorities did not specify the nature of Psalm’s emergency or if it was related to the training exercise.
  • The training exercise he completed is mandated by the state.

SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco police recruit died Friday after suffering a medical emergency during a state-mandated training exercise earlier in the week, authorities said.

Recruit died two days after suffering medical emergency

What we know:

Jon-Marques Psalms, 30, was hospitalized on Wednesday after the emergency occurred during training and died two days later, according to a statement from the San Francisco Police Department.

Officials did not disclose the nature of the emergency or confirm whether it was directly connected to the exercise.

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