A retired Alabama law enforcement officer has died of COVID-19.
News outlets report that Buddy Hutchinson, a retired Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputy died Saturday.
Hutchinson had remained active with the department after retiring as a deputy. He headed the office’s reserve program.
Hutchinson had also served as a police officer in Oneonta and Snead.
Sheriff Mark Moon’s Facebook page said Hutchinson is to be buried Friday at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo.
Republished with the permission of the Associated Press.
