{"id":340317,"date":"2026-09-08T00:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/340317\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T00:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:44:52","slug":"nypd-recruit-dies-during-training-at-police-academy-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/340317\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD recruit dies during training at police academy in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A NYPD recruit died after collapsing during training at the Police Academy in Queens on Monday, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Probationary police officer Kamir Loubarria collapsed while working out at the Stephen D. McDonald Police Academy in College Point around 12:40 p.m., a police source said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough his NYPD career was just beginning, he was already a hero, simply for choosing to raise his right hand and dedicate his life to protecting New Yorkers,\u201d Police Benevolent Association president Patrick Hendry said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycpba\/status\/2097065071742460317?s=46&amp;t=LrSbyXS-oFqDm8xCj1LAOg\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD confirmed the death in a post on X, stating \u201cKamir was committed to a life of service and helping to keep New York City safe. The entire NYPD mourns this devastating loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Loubarria joined the NYPD as a recruit in April, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.50-a.org\/officer\/FDCP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner will determine his cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NYPD recruit died after collapsing during training at the Police Academy in Queens on Monday, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,127768,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-340317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd-recruit-dies","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}