Mar. 29, 2024 10:46 AM
Visitors: 1
|
Leker/1917
Wyckoff/1882
Downs/1907
Beasley/1898
McCarthy/1981
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Richard Bullard, Jr.
- Aug. 11, 2021 -
|
(30498)
|
Pass your cursor over pic to see larger version! Click pic for full version!
|
Resided: |
Independence MO, USA
|
Born: | Aug. 24, 1956 |
Fallen: | Aug. 11, 2021 |
Race/Sex: | Caucasian Male / 64 yrs. of age |
| Agency |
Dept: | Independence Police Dept. - MO
223 N. Memorial Drive Independence, MO
64050 USA (816)325-7300 |
County: | Jackson |
Dept. Type: | Municipal/Police |
Hero's Rank: | Reserve Sergeant |
Sworn Date: | Unk |
FBI Class: | Death - Biological |
Weapon Class: | COVID-19 |
Agency URL: | Click Here
|
On The Job: |
46 years
|
|
Bio: John was born in Kansas City, MO to John R. Bullard Sr., and Barbara (Johnson) Bullard. He was involved in the Boy Scouts from a young age. John earned his Eagle Scout and was a member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. He graduated from Raytown High School in 1974 and attended community college, where he received two associates degrees.
John began his 46-year career with the Independence Police Department in 1975 as a civilian dispatcher. He became a commissioned police officer in 1977 after graduating from the Kansas City Regional Police Academy.
During his career as a Police Officer, John served in many areas to include the traffic unit, the motorcycle unit, and the accident investigation unit.
John was promoted to sergeant in 1995 and assigned to the department's patrol division. In 1998, he transferred to the police K-9 unit and became the unit supervisor. During his time in the K-9 unit, John, along with his team, developed the unit into a program that earned recognition as one of the premier canine training facilities in the Midwest.
After leaving the department's K-9 unit, John transferred to the Detective unit where he became one of the unit Detective Sergeants until his retirement in 2011.
After John retired, he remained very active in the Independence Police Department's reserve unit while simultaneously working as Director of Safety and Security for the Community of Christ Church International Headquarters, where he had previously volunteered on the World Conference security team and was also President of the Community of Christ Professional Law Enforcement Officers Association. He continued to hold this position until his death.
John was active in the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #1 where he served as lodge President and Secretary. He also served as the National Trustee, President and Vice President for the State Lodge. Other associations John was active in included; The Law Enforcement Traffic Safety Advisory Council; The North American Working Dog Association. John was currently working as an adjunct instructor with the Western Missouri Public Safety Regional Training Institute.
John and Terri's love story began in February 2014 while Terri was also serving as a Police officer for the Blue Springs Police Department. One of their common bonds was their love for serving the community. Together, they also enjoyed season tickets to New Theater as well as the Heartland Theater; they enjoyed trips to Silver Dollar City, especially during Christmas time and enjoyed entertaining family and friends. John was a devoted husband, son, father, and grandpa. |
Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: |
No Info
|
Location: |
Independence,
MO
USA
|
Summary: |
Reserve Sergeant John Bullard died from complications as a 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.
|
Source: |
Website Click
|
Source: |
Obit Click
|
|
|
Last Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 |
|
|
|
Gregory/1962
|
Johnson/1998
|
Leveille/1999
|
Gilpin/2006
|
Perdue/1994
|
Silva/1994
|
Martin/2016
|
Myers/2015
|
|
|
|
|
Long/1922
Monahan/1934
Eklof/1930
Carlisle/1933
Kelsay/1930
Munn/1917
Smith/1911
Burns/1931
Schoonmaker/1931
Furlong/1930
|
|
|