Green Cove Springs police chief who died of COVID-19 honored with procession, memorial

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Chief Derek Asdot remembered arsenic ‘a large leader, an outstanding instrumentality enforcement officer, a patriot’

A memorial tin beryllium seen Wednesday astatine the Green Cove Springs Police Department for Chief Derek Asdot.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – The Green Cove Springs Police Department connected Wednesday held a procession to grant Chief Derek Asdot, who died aft a conflict with COVID-19.

Also connected Wednesday, a memorial for Asdot — with flowers, balloons and a Thin Blue Line emblem — could beryllium seen extracurricular the Police Department building.

The Police Department connected Tuesday announced Asdot’s death.

“The Chief volition everlastingly beryllium remembered arsenic a large leader, an outstanding instrumentality enforcement officer, a patriot, and an inspiration to each who knew him,” the Police Department wrote successful a connection connected Facebook. “He volition beryllium immensely missed. We inquire for our community’s enactment and prayers arsenic we navigate this large loss.”

According to the Police Department, Asdot was an Army seasoned who joined the agecncy successful 2002 and was named main of constabulary successful 2017. Asdot was a postgraduate of the FBI National Academy, the Southern Police Institute and held a master’s grade from the University of Louisville.

Asdot besides served arsenic a DEA task unit serviceman and helium served arsenic a committee subordinate connected the St. Johns State River Academy instrumentality enforcement board.

“Derek Asdot is wide regarded arsenic a progressive person who spearheaded dynamic transformational changes astatine the Green Cove Springs Police Department successful a abbreviated play of time,” the Police Department said.

Asdot is survived by his wife, Angie, his son, Jake, and his daughter, Ashley.

Funeral services volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.

A nationalist accusation serviceman for the metropolis of Green Cove Springs said Cmdr. John Guzman has been serving arsenic acting constabulary main since mid-August. At the due time, the spokesperson said, the metropolis volition statesman the process of conducting a hunt for candidates to capable the constabulary main presumption connected a imperishable basis.