POST FALLS, Idaho — Post Falls police confirm that one of their officers died while on duty on Sunday.
Thirty-six-year-old officer Nicholas McDaniel failed to respond to a status check from Post Falls Communications Center after completing a call for service.
When officers arrived at McDaniel’s last known location they found him slumped over the wheel of his police vehicle. Officers started CPR then Kootenai County Fire and Rescue took him to Kootenai Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
The cause of death is being listed as a massive heart attack.
Officer McDaniel had worked for Post Falls PD for a little under a year, with 13 years served previously in Hawaii.
Post Falls Mayor, Ron Jacobson released a statement saying, “We are proud of the time that Officer McDaniel gave serving our citizens and fellow colleagues at the City of Post Falls. There are no words that can make this loss easier to bear for Officer McDaniel’s family and colleagues. As a city, we mourn Officer McDaniel’s death deeply and our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and colleagues.”
McDaniel leaves behind a fiancé and children.
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