The family of a 30-year-old San Francisco police recruit who died after a training exercise nearly a month ago plans to sue the city for negligence and emotional distress.
The department had said it believes his death is the first training related death in its history. After moving from Southern California to the Bay Area, Jon-Marques Psalms found success working in tech but still felt a pull to his original calling: serving in law enforcement. He was about three months into state-mandated police training when he suffered a medical emergency on Friday, Aug. 22. He later died at the hospital…