Sheriff's Office, Community Give Final Farewell To Deputy: Video

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA -- The community and Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said a final farewell to Deputy Sheriff II Spencer Englett who collapsed and died on the first day of training April 4.

On Tuesday, April 9, a funeral procession took place, with a funeral later at Winds of Peace Fellowship Church in Dawsonville and burial at Baldwin Memorial Gardens in Milledgeville.

"With Deputy First Class Spencer Englett now laid to rest, but forever living on in our hearts and memories, we want to thank everyone for all of the love, support, and respect that you showed for Spencer and his family, both blood and blue," the Sheriff's Office wrote on its Facebook page. "Out of this tragedy, we are reminded of how blessed we are to live and work in such a caring, supportive community and how very strong the thin blue line family is. Rest in peace brother, we’ll take it from here."

During the early morning on April 4, four deputy sheriffs from Forsyth County began their first day of training at Georgia Public Safety Training Center-Pickens Law Enforcement Academy. One of those deputies was Deputy Sheriff II Spencer Englett.

"One of the few things that keeps me up at night as your sheriff has come true today," Sheriff Ron Freeman wrote on the department's Facebook page. "Today, Forsyth has lost a hero."

"Spencer suffered a traumatic medical event during training and collapsed," Freeman wrote. "Medical personnel and first responders on scene, as well as his fellow Forsyth County Deputies, immediately administered aid to Deputy Englett. He was rushed to Mountainside Medical Center in Jasper where despite heroic efforts by first responders and medical staff, Spencer was not able to be revived."

Forsyth Deputies rushed his wife Ashley to the hospital. Freeman said along with his senior staff and department chaplains, spent the day with both Spencer's family and his FCSO family who are grieving his loss as well.

"Deputy Englett was only 29-years-old and had recently been married," Freeman said. "He began his career at FCSO on May 1, 2017 when I hired him from the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office where he had served for several years. Deputy Englett served Forsyth County with distinction and honor and remains well respected by his peers."

"Please keep Deputy Englett's family, our FCSO family and all those affected in your prayers during these difficult days," Freeman said. "Today, we lost a hero and a friend, FCSO is a little less strong, a little less capable but his friends and colleagues will rise to the challenge, they will honor his memory and do what they always do, keep Forsyth safe, because that is what Spencer would have done. Blessed are the peacemakers."