Officer Coy D. Coffman Jr. - Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice - True Life Hero

Coy D. Coffman Jr.
- Apr. 26, 2020 -

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Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice Patch

Resided:	Wake Village TX, USA
Born:	Jul. 30, 1954
Fallen:	Apr. 26, 2020
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 65 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice 2101 E Ben White Blvd Austin, TX 78741 USA (512)442-8367
County:	Travis
Dept. Type:	State/Corrections
Hero's Rank:	Officer
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Death - Biological
Weapon Class:	COVID-19
Agency URL:	Click Here
On The Job:	9 years

Bio: Coy Dale Coffman, Jr. was born in Biloxi, Mississippi to Coy Dale Coffman, Sr. and Barbara Mae Dugan. Coy served in the US Army Military Police at Ft. Riley, Kansas, he was a US Army CID Special Agent in various locations including Red River Army Depot, investigated War crimes in Desert Storm, Security Detail for various Senators and military officials including Senator Bob Dole and General Norman Shwarzkopf.

He received his associate's degree from Northeastern Oklahoma College and received his Bachelor's degree from Northeastern State University.

Coy was a Tulsa Police officer, Criminal Justice Professor at Eastern Oklahoma State College, and he worked as a correctional officer in the Telford Unit in New Boston.

Coy was a loving husband, father, granddad, and brother. Mr. Coffman served his Lord, family, and his country.

Survived by:

Wife
and one child

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	Telford Unit TX USA
Summary:	Corrections Officer Coy Coffman died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty at the Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas. ==================================================================== 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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Last Updated: May. 10, 2020