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On December 20, 2014, Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley shot and killed Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu — two on-duty New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers — in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Brinsley then fled into the New York City Subway, where he killed himself.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 126 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. [14] The preliminary count from the FBI is that 51 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2014, and an additional 44 died in accidents (total: 95).
The NYPD has lost 932 officers in the line of duty since 1849. This figure includes officers from agencies that were later absorbed by or became a part of the modern NYPD, in addition to the NYPD itself. This number also includes 28 officers killed on and off duty by gunfire of other officers on duty.
The NYPD has added more than three dozen new names to its memorial honoring officers who died in the line of duty — with Mayor Eric Adams saying the fallen watered “the tree of freedom” with ...
As a benevolent or fraternal organization, the New York City's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association was founded in 1894 to help relatives of officers killed in the line of duty. [5] In 1901, it advocated for and received 8-hour workdays. [6]
The Fund was created in 1985, by former New York Mets player Rusty Staub and J. Patrick "Paddy" Burns, then-Vice President of the New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. [2] Staub was inspired to create the fund after reading a news story about a New York City Police officer killed the line of duty.
Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend the wake for a New York City police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop this week, according to his campaign. Trump, the 2024 ...
Pages in category "Metropolitan Police officers killed in the line of duty" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .