Tributes paid to pioneering former Oldham police officer who helped pave the way for Muslims
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Father-of-two cop, 49, dies after testing positive for coronavirus
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Detective Sergeant Darren Barker, 51, died after being diagnosed with Covid-19
He joined the Met Police in 1992 and worked as a specialist financial investigator
Colleagues at Met described Det Sgt Barker as an extremely talented detective
He is latest officer to die after contracting Covid, amid calls for police jab priority
Jon Wain, 49, a police constable in Bury passed away on Monday, February 15
Nick Oldfield, 48, a police constable for Staffordshire Police, died January 21
TRIBUTES have flooded in for a former Sellafield police officer who has died after contracting Covid-19. Police Constable Abbas Ahmed, 40, who worked at the Sellafield site with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary before moving to Greater Manchester Police (GMP), passed away on January 21. He leaves a wife and two small children. PC Ahmed joined the Civil Nuclear Police unit at Sellafield in 2012 but left in March 2017 to join the GMP force. Cumbria Police Federation – representing rank and file officers across the county – broke the news locally of his loss yesterday, sending condolences to the officer’s family. Gary Thwaite, chief executive of the Civil Nuclear Police Federation, said: “This is devastating news.