Army veteran, police officer and Mom died on training exercise

Wheeling police officer was a veteran and mother
Daily Herald
By Deborah Donovan
7/29/2013

The Wheeling police officer who died Saturday after collapsing during a training exercise two days earlier was a decorated Army veteran with service in Kuwait and Iraq, as well as the mother of a 13-year-old daughter, the department said today.

A wake and service for Shamekia Goodwin-Badger, 33, will take place from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Kolssak Funeral Home in Wheeling.

Goodwin-Badger joined the Wheeling department in 2008 after four years as an officer in Hawthorn Woods.

"The loss of Officer Badger has deeply shaken all members of the Wheeling Department," Chief William Benson said in a statement released today. "She was an officer who could handle any situation, displaying a calm, firm demeanor, but also one that was compassionate and understanding."

Goodwin-Badger worked the midnight shift with specialties as a youth officer and evidence technician.
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