Irving Callender passed away on Saturday.
Mayor Baraka says Callender was a lifelong Newarker, who loved his city, loved his family, and gave his life for both.
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Callender joined the department in 2006 and became part of the mayor's protection unit in 2014.
Callender was 43 years old.
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