Chief Fred Alan Posavetz - Clinton Township Police Dept. - MI - True Life Hero

Fred Alan Posavetz
- Mar. 22, 2021 -

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Clinton Township Police Dept. Patch

Resided:	Washington Township (Macomb County) MI, USA
Born:	Jun. 15, 1956
Fallen:	Mar. 22, 2021
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 64 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Clinton Township Police Dept. - MI 37985 S Groesbeck Hwy Clinton Township, MI 48036 USA (586)493-7800
County:	Macomb
Dept. Type:	Municipal/Police
Hero's Rank:	Chief
Sworn Date:	4/1980
FBI Class:	Death - Biological
Weapon Class:	COVID-19
Agency URL:	Click Here
Badge:	65
On The Job:	41 years

Bio: Fred was born in Detroit, Michigan to Fred and Louise (Bonora) Posavetz. He was a graduate of Detroit Pershing High School, attended Wayne State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice.

Fred�s many achievements in law enforcement include graduating from the FBI National Academy Class 220, a member of the Michigan Chapter FBI National Academy Associates training curriculum, serving as President of the Macomb County Police Chiefs and a member of the Clinton Township Police Department Honor Guard. His biggest honor was serving the community of Clinton Township as their Chief of Police for 14 years.

Spanning a 41 year career with the Clinton Township Police Department, Fred joined the department in April 1980. He became the first K-9 Officer for the department in 1987, which remains a current position in the department today. He was promoted to rank of Sergeant in March 1991 continuing his promotional climb to the rank of Captain in July 1996. As a captain, Fred had many duties including being Road Patrol Commander, Special Investigations Division Commander, Criminal Investigations Division Commander, and Support Services Commander. In April 2007, he was promoted to the position Chief of Police, whereby he proudly served until his passing.

Family and community were Fred�s top priorities. He lived and loved life to the fullest daily, enjoying it with the devoted company of his family and long-time friends. Fred cherished the sunshine and any environment that provided the warmth with it. His manicured lawn and landscape of tip top shape was a passion relished by Fred. His family and friends simply describe Fred as committed, strong, courageous and always joyful. When Fred walked into a room, he knew exactly how to make everyone smile, remaining gracious to everyone he encountered.

Fred was very loyal to his community, but always left room for family time. He enjoyed many trips with family and friends, was an avid sports fan and competitor with baseball as his first choice. Fred understood what was important in life, how to prioritize his life. He was able to separate those things of little consequence to what mattered most.

Survived by:

Wife
& daughter, and two sons

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	MI USA Fri. Feb. 12, 2021
Summary:	Chief of Police Fred Posavetz 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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Last Updated: Jun. 19, 2021