A San Francisco police officer has unexpectedly died, the department said Sunday.
A San Francisco police officer has unexpectedly died, the department announced Sunday. Officer Luciano Ortega worked for SFPD for the past nine years, recently working out of the Mission Station."My heart goes out to Officer Luciano Ortega's family, his friends, and to our entire SFPD ," San Francisco Mayor London Breed said in a statement. "He was truly making San Francisco a better place through his work and his life, and he will be greatly missed.
"Ortega was born in San Francisco, according to a video about himself that he created for the Police Department that was posted to social media in August 2022. "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a police officer," he said. As a child, Ortega said he viewed officers as "modern-day superheroes.""It's really great to give back to a community that I was born in," he said.
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