Newark Police Intelligence Analyst Dies from Coronavirus – TAPinto.net

NEWARK, NJ — A Newark Police Intelligence Division Criminal Intelligence Analyst has died due to complications associated with the coronavirus, the Department of Public Safety announced today, making this the department’s second member to succumb to COVID-19. 

Daniel “Danny” Francis, 51, was a former East Orange police officer who later joined the staff of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office as an investigator. It was there he served 16 years in multiple units, including Narcotics, Special Victims and Homicide. 

“The Newark Police Division relied greatly upon the professionalism and technical expertise of Daniel “Danny” Francis, who was meticulous in his work ethic in the Criminal Intelligence Unit,” Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. “Chief of Police Darnell Henry and I, along with each member of the Department of Public Safety, stand with Danny’s family in mourning his passing.”

Francis retired from the Prosecutor’s Office in 2017 as a lieutenant and later joined the Newark Police Division on the Major Crimes Division as an intelligence analyst. His work there collecting and analyzing data assisted Newark police officers in crime preventing, making arrests and gathering essential evidence for prosecution. 

He leaves behind a wife and two children. Among his colleagues and loved ones, he will be “sorely missed.”