PC John Fabrizi

CAMDEN’S police force is in mourning after the loss of a “devoted” officer to Covid-19.

Police Constable John Fabrizi died on Sunday after a battle with the illness.

He has been described by colleagues as “an officer that did so much good in one lifetime”.

Floral tributes have been placed on a bench inside Kentish Town Police Station along with a police helmet and a picture of PC Fabrizi.

Another four Metropolitan Police officers have lost their lives this January after suffering with coronavirus.

Floral tributes left for PC Fabrizi

Traffic Police Community Support Officer Chris Barkshire died on Monday, January 11.

Police Constable Michael Warren, who was part of the Territorial Support Group, died on Tuesday, January 19.

Police Constable Sukh Singh from the Met’s forensic command died yesterday after contracting COVID-19.

And, in the last 24 hours a Custody Sergeant from Met Detention has also passed away from COVID-19.

Commissioner Cressida Dick offered her condolences to the friends, family and colleagues of the officers who have died and said she was “deeply saddened” by the news of all who had passed.

“Policing is a family and the scale of our loss is truly shocking,” she said.

“They are the most recent Met police victims of this awful virus and we miss them, as we do our three colleagues, Public Access Officer Ramesh Gunamal, PCSO Charles Harding and Call Operator Sophie O’Neill, who died last year earlier in the pandemic and who we continue to grieve for.

“COVID has had a devastating impact on so many people across not just in London but the whole country. As this recent awful news shows, policing is not immune and it is inevitable that our officers and staff in fighting crime, responding to emergencies, and just in living within their communities will come into contact with the virus.

“Police officers and many of our staff cannot fight crime or protect the vulnerable by working at home.”