The Westchester County Police will use social media to commemorate National Police Week, which begins Sunday, because the coronavirus pandemic has canceled the department’s annual in-person awards ceremony, countywide honors and memorial service held each May.
The county police will pay tribute to its 18 officers who died in the line of duty, a county police statement said. They were members of the department or its predecessor agencies — the Westchester County Parkway Police and Westchester County Sheriff’s Department.
An online memorial tribute is also planned to honor the 88 members of law enforcement who died in the line of duty in Westchester in the last four centuries. They were members of the county, city, town and village police departments, the Westchester County District Attorney’s office, and the state police.
“While we are prevented from gathering in person this year, we will not be prevented from keeping our commitment to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said in a statement. “These fallen heroes, and the loved ones they left behind, will be in our hearts during National Police Week.”
Public Safety Commissioner Thomas A. Gleason said police week will also honor officers serving now for the risks faced amid the coronavirus.
“Police work is a challenging and dangerous profession at all times, but never more than this year," Gleason said. "This pandemic has posed an additional and silent threat to police officers along with all essential workers who are on the front lines in this crisis. I salute them for the work they have done to keep Westchester safe."
The 18 county department members who have died in the line of duty are:
- Deputy Sheriff Isaac Smith, 1792
- Officer Raymond Tehan, 1925
- Special Officer John Murphy, 1928
- Officer George Segnit, 1929
- Officer Clifton Cypher, 1930
- Officer Michael Erdley, 1933
- Officer Manuel Borgos, 1938
- Officer Reuben Conklin, 1943
- Officer Carlos Bishop, 1946
- Officer John Chabala Jr., 1948
- Officer George Ruthven, 1954
- Officer Francis Bradley, 1960
- Officer James Groark, 1966
- Deputy Sheriff William Fitzgerald, 1968
- Officer John Gonda, 1969
- Deputy Sheriff Kieran Grant, 1979
- Officer Gary Stymiloski, 1985
- Sgt. Charles Rice Jr., 2009.
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