Carrollton police mourn former officer sergeant who died after contracting COVID-19

Carrollton police Sgt. Allen Hollis, 38, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, after contracting COVID-19.

Carrollton police are mourning the demise of a former officer who died after contracting COVID-19, the department introduced this week.

recently retired Sgt. Allen Hollis, 38, died Tuesday morning, the Carrollton Police department spoke of. he's survived via his spouse and two children, the branch talked about.

Hollis graduated from L.D. Bell high school in Hurst in 2001 and bought his degree from the university of Texas at Arlington in 2005, the branch said. He became a Carrollton police officer in 2006, and became part of the department's motors unit. In 2017, he changed into promoted to sergeant and turned into a patrol supervisor and training sergeant earlier than retiring in January.

"every person adored Hollis," the department said Tuesday in a facebook put up announcing his demise.

Sgt. Allen Hollis "become the kind of guy who would pull as much as a Mustang meet-up in his squad motor vehicle and casually pop the hood," the Carrollton Police department spoke of.

"He turned into the variety of guy who would randomly textual content his chums 'i like you' at 2:00 p.m. on a Tuesday. (He became joking, apart from he wasn't.)," the publish persisted.

"He become the variety of man who would pull as much as a Mustang meet-up in his squad motor vehicle and casually pop the hood.

"He changed into the form of man who adored Christmas track yr circular, and especially loved to torture these of us who didn't approve of it except after Thanksgiving."

Hollis' funeral preparations are nevertheless being planned, the department pointed out.

"Please retain his family to your prayers," it spoke of. "And please randomly textual content your chums 'i like you' at 2 p.m. on a Tuesday. He'd love that."