CHANDLER, Ariz. — An officer from the Chandler Police Department has died of COVID-19 complications, according to officials.
Jeremy Wilkins with the Chandler police died on Friday night, the Prescott Valley Police Department confirmed.
Wilkins was a former officer in Prescott Valley. He was transferred from a Banner Health hospital to a mortuary Saturday morning, Prescott Valley police said.
Funeral arrangements are still pending.
The Valley has lost multiple first responders to COVID complications. Since August, six first responders have died due to COVID.
This is a developing story. Stay with 12 News as more information becomes available.
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Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
The county was named after the Maricopa, or Piipaash, Native American Tribe.