Police officer deployed to Kuwait with Army National Guard dies

Maj. Sorffly Davius, who was deployed to Camp Buehring in Kuwait, died Friday from a medical incident, government officials said. (NYPD Facebook)

A New York City police officer serving in Kuwait with the Army National Guard died Friday from a medical issue, government officials in his home state said Saturday.

Maj. Sorffly Davius was deployed to Camp Buehring in Kuwait when the medical incident occurred, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement late Saturday.

Davius “was a devoted husband and father. I personally conveyed my deepest condolences to his wife and will keep his family, colleagues, and all who knew him in my thoughts,” Hochul said.

Davius was part of the Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division and was in Kuwait supporting Operation Epic Fury, according to NYPD.

Davius joined NYPD in 2014 and served with the department’s 79th Precinct in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

“His career was defined by service — to his country and to New York City,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a joint statement.

Hochul called Davius a “citizen soldier” who “spent his career protecting others.”

U.S. Central Command confirmed Davius’ death Sunday.

Camp Buehring, established more than 20 years ago during the Iraq War, is a logistics hub and major staging area for U.S. forces in the Middle East.

The base has been among the military locations targeted by Iran since the joint U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign launched over a week ago.