Unified (UT) police are mourning the loss of a veteran detective who suffered a medical condition while on duty Thursday.
“I am heartbroken and devastated to inform you that early this morning, UPD detective Brian Holdaway suffered a medical condition and has fallen in the line of duty surrounded by friends and colleagues at the sheriff’s office building, who heroically tried to reverse this tragedy,” according to a message by Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder posted on the department’s Facebook page.
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Holdaway had more than 19 years’ law enforcement experience. He was working in the special victims unit dealing with sex crimes at the time of his death.
Holdaway is being called “a great guy and an even better detective.”
His passing was the second sudden death in the department in two weeks. Unified police detective Brooks Green, who worked in the domestic violence unit, died on January 25th.
