Officer Edgar Pales, Jr - Owasso Police Dept. - OK - True Life Hero

Edgar Pales, Jr ("Buddy")
- Aug. 29, 2021 -

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Resided:	OK, USA
Born:	Sep. 10, 1966
Fallen:	Aug. 29, 2021
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 54 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Owasso Police Dept. - OK 111 N Main St Owasso, OK 74055 USA (918)272-2244
County:	Tulsa
Dept. Type:	Municipal/Police
Hero's Rank:	Officer
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Death - Biological
Weapon Class:	COVID-19
Agency URL:	Click Here
On The Job:	29 years

Bio: Edgar 'Buddy' Pales, Jr. was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Edgar Pales, Sr. and Frankie Ray (Brust) Pales. Buddy was raised and educated in Owasso, Oklahoma and graduated with the Owasso High School Class of 1984.

He began a career in law enforcement as an emergency dispatcher in July of 1992 for the Owasso Police Department. Buddy gained a reputation as being an expert in emergency communications before being sworn in as a police officer in January of 1995.

Buddy worked days, nights, swing shifts and overnights over the years, but eventually became a K9 Officer, partnering with his life-long friend K9 Britt. After Britt�s retirement, Buddy partnered with K9 Shadow. Buddy then entered the role of School Resource Officer along with longtime friend Officer John Edwards. Many years of Owasso students came through our school system knowing Buddy and John as the 'school cops'.

After years in the schools, Buddy returned to the streets and served as senior patrol officer of the B-1 Patrol Shift for the remainder of his career. In his spare time, buddy enjoyed yardwork, traveling on annual cruises, and teaching himself to play the drums.

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Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	OK USA Fri. Aug. 13, 2021
Summary:	Officer Buddy Pales died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. ==================================================================== COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019. On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV). Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed. After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak. On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections. On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.
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