Reserve Officer Joseph Pozell of the Metropolotian Police Department, District of Columbia, succumbed on May 14th to severe injuries sustained three days earlier while directing traffic at the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, in Georgetown.
He was struck by a vehicle at approximately 1530 hours when he stepped back into the path of the driver of a small SUV that was making a turn. He was transported to George Washington University Hospital where he died.
Reserve Officer Pozell had served in the Metropolitan Police Department for 3 years. He is survived by his wife and son.