{"651937":{"#nid":"651937","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cornacchia Honored During National Police Week ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThousands gathered in Washington, D.C., to honor fallen officers during National Police Week, Oct. 12-17. The late \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/04\/remembering-james-cornacchia\u0022\u003EJames Michael Cornacchia\u003C\/a\u003E, an investigator with the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD), was among 701 officers recognized.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInvestigator Cornacchia contracted Covid-19 during the commission of his job duties. He had worked traffic detail at a Covid-19 testing site on campus. He succumbed to complications from Covid-19 on June 1, 2020, after serving the Georgia Tech community for nearly 20 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERepresenting GTPD at the event were Investigator Chris Huggins, Officer Tim Foster, Sergeant Jacob Crossley, and Sergeant Jessica Howard.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Cornacchia family was there, and we were there to surround them with support while we honored our fallen brother in blue,\u0026rdquo; Howard said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe week\u0026rsquo;s events included a candlelight vigil, a police survivors\u0026rsquo; conference, and a memorial service recognizing fallen officers from 2019 and 2020, as the event was canceled last year because of the pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EService Recognizes Fallen Officers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Service Recognizes Fallen Officers"}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2021-10-21 18:53:24","changed_gmt":"2021-10-22 18:33:43","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"651942":{"id":"651942","type":"image","title":"GTPD Officers with Investigator Cornacchia\u0027s Family","body":null,"created":"1634854443","gmt_created":"2021-10-21 22:14:03","changed":"1634924993","gmt_changed":"2021-10-22 17:49:53","alt":"GTPD officers with Investigator Cornacchia\u0027s family in Washington, D.C.","file":{"fid":"247349","name":"Nat Police Week.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nat%20Police%20Week.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nat%20Police%20Week.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":165992,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Nat%20Police%20Week.jpg?itok=8_-oZgTp"}}},"media_ids":["651942"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"189124","name":"Cornacchia"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"189125","name":"National Police Week"},{"id":"183913","name":"Jessica Howard"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}