day of remembrance

Held every year on the last Saturday of April at the Special Operations building at Floyd Bennet Field.
Keeping out promise to ‘Never Forget’

Since 1896, 98 members of Special Operations, assigned to: The former Tactical Patrol Force, the former Street Crime Unit, the Aviation Unit, The Strategic Response Group, the Harbor Unit, the Mounted Unit and the Emergency Service Unit, sacrificed their lives in responding to 52 incidents of law enforcement’s unique and essential mission: The protection of all life and property.

Read the stories of their sacrifices as we continue our promise to ‘Never Forget”.

Check back often as this page is frequently updated as new information is received/discovered on their stories.

7191724

Listed alphabetically

listed by unit

tactical patrol force

street crime unit

stategic response group

aviation unit

borough task forces

Harbor unit

mounted unit

emergency service unit

Listed chronologically

9/23/1896 Ptl Thomas McIntyre
4/24/1897 Roundsman Oscar Reinhardt
10/4/1901 Ptl John Hoey
5/9/1909 Ptl Artemus Fish
11/8/1911 Ptl William Gallbraith
7/15/1914 Ptl John Mee
8/24/1916 Sgt Thomas O’Grady
3/10/1917 Ptl Deforest Fredenburg
3/10/1917 Ptl John Lober
9/20/1919 Ptl Christopher Tierney
11/19/1919 Ptl James Hughes
11/19/1919 Ptl John McIntyre
7/13/1922 Ptl Gustave Boettger Jr.
12/11/1922 Ptl Francis Mace
10/18/1924 Ptl John McGlynn
10/19/1924 Sgt Neil Gibbons
6/16/1927 Sgt Joseph Weckesser
2/12/1928 Ptl Patrick Fahey
7/28/1929 Ptl William Kertin
1/31/1931 Ptl Harold Conway
5/19/1931 Ptl William O’Connor
2/1/1935 Sgt George Nadler
2/12/1936 Ptl James Young
8/11/1937 Ptl Joseph McBreen
6/9/1939 Ptl Alexander Stutt
5/12/1944 Sgt Joseph Curtis
11/25/1946 Ptl Peter Knudsen
11/25/1946 Lt Charles Michie
11/25/1946 Ptl Francis O’Hara
5/26/1947 Ptl Phillip Fitzpatrick
9/30/1947 Ptl Charles Brereton Jr.
4/10/1950 Ptl Louis Balzano
4/19/1963 Ptl Kenneth Cozier
5/1/1964 Ptl Edwin Schrempf
7/20/1964 Ptl John Polarolo
2/11/1966 Ptl Stanley Butch
12/21/1967 Ptl. Plato Arvanitis
12/21/1967 Ptl George Bishop
4/15/1968 Ptl John Banks
10/2/1969 Ptl Salvatore Spinola
3/1/1970 Ptl Patrick Harrington
3/1/1970 Ptl Joseph Mariconda
10/13/1970 Ptl Maurice Erben
11/24/1971 Ptl Patrick O’Connor III
1/19/1973 Ptl Stephen Gilroy
8/19/1974 PO Thomas Pegues
11/6/1978 Det Horace Ford
2/12/1980 PO Robert Bilodeau
7/14/1980 Det Abraham Walton
7/22/1983 PO James Rowley
7/22/1983 PO Charles Trojahn
9/29/1983 PO Joseph McCormack
1/10/1987 PO Francis LaSala
3/3/1989 PO Robert Machate
11/11/1989 PO Gary Coe
6/11/1991 PO Kenneth Hansen
4/27/1994 PO Jose Perez
3/14/1996 PO Kevin Gillespie
9/11/2001 Sgt John Coughlin
9/11/2001 Sgt Michael Curtin
9/11/2001 PO John D’Allara
9/11/2001 PO Vincent Danz
9/11/2001 PO Jerome Dominguez
9/11/2001 PO Stephen Driscoll
9/11/2001 Sgt Rodney Gillis
9/11/2001 PO Ronald Kloepfer
9/11/2001 PO Thomas Langone
9/11/2001 PO Brian McDonnell
9/11/2001 PO Paul Talty
9/11/2001 PO Santos Valentin Jr.
9/11/2001 Det Joseph Vigiano
9/11/2001 PO Walter Weaver
1/31/2004 Sgt Keith Ferguson
3/6/2007 PO Louise Johnston
6/26/2011 Capt Barry Galfano
7/27/2012 Capt Dennis Morales
8/20/2014 Sgt Patrick Murphy
10/16/2014 Det Luis Fernandez
1/17/2015 Dep Chief Joseph Bonano
10/10/2015 Det Ronald Richards
4/3/2016 PO Deborah Garbutt-Jeff
10/25/2016 PO William King
1/30/2017 Dep Chief James Molloy
2/12/2017 Det Christian Lindsay
6/26/2018 PO Gary Koch
7/22/2018 PO Paul Johnson
10/21/2018 PO Anthony Hanlon
1/19/2019 PO Kenneth Domenech
6/3/2019 PO Thomas Waterman
7/17/2020 Sgt. David Yu
1/19/2021 Sgt Peter Woods
3/29/2021 PO Andrew D. Stromfeld
4/14/2021 Det Harry D’Onofrio
3/9/2022 PO Martin Podolski
12/13/2022 Det David Martin
1/18/2023 PO Francis Gaynor
2/22/2023 Lt John McArdle

Listed
by month

1/10/1987 PO Francis LaSala
1/17/2015 Dep Chief Joseph Bonano
1/18/2023 PO Francis Gaynor
1/19/1973 Ptl Stephen Gilroy
1/19/2019 PO Kenneth Domenech
1/19/2021 Sgt Peter Woods
1/30/2017 Dep Chief James Molloy
1/31/1931 Ptl Harold Conway
1/31/2004 Sgt Keith Ferguson
2/1/1935 Sgt George Nadler
2/11/1966 Ptl Stanley Butch
2/12/1928 Ptl Patrick Fahey
2/12/1936 Ptl James Young
2/12/1980 PO Robert Bilodeau
2/12/2017 Det Christian Lindsay
2/22/2023 Lt John McArdle
3/1/1970 Ptl Patrick Harrington
3/1/1970 Ptl Joseph Mariconda
3/3/1989 PO Robert Machate
3/6/2007 PO Louise Johnston
3/9/2022 PO Martin Podolski
3/10/1917 Ptl Deforest Fredenburg
3/10/1917 Ptl John Lober
3/14/1996 PO Kevin Gillespie
3/29/2021 PO Andrew D. Stromfeld
4/3/2016 PO Deborah Garbutt-Jeff
4/14/2021 Det Harry D’Onofrio
4/15/1968 Ptl John Banks
4/10/1950 Ptl Louis Balzano
4/19/1963 Ptl Kenneth Cozier
4/24/1897 Roundsman Oscar Reinhardt
4/27/1994 PO Jose Perez
5/1/1964 Ptl Edwin Schrempf
5/9/1909 Ptl Artemus Fish
5/12/1944 Sgt Joseph Curtis
5/19/1931 Ptl William O’Connor
5/26/1947 Ptl Phillip Fitzpatrick
6/3/2019 PO Thomas Waterman
6/9/1939 Ptl Alexander Stutt
6/11/1991 PO Kenneth Hansen
6/16/1927 Sgt Joseph Weckesser
6/26/2011 Capt Barry Galfano
6/26/2018 PO Gary Koch
7/13/1922 Ptl Gustave Boettger Jr.
7/14/1980 Det Abraham Walton
7/15/1914 Ptl John Mee
7/17/2020 Sgt. David Yu
7/20/1964 Ptl John Polarolo
7/22/1983 PO James Rowley
7/22/1983 PO Charles Trojahn
7/22/2018 PO Paul Johnson
7/27/2012 Capt Dennis Morales
7/28/1929 Ptl William Kertin
8/11/1937 Ptl Joseph McBreen
8/19/1974 PO Thomas Pegues
8/20/2014 Sgt Patrick Murphy
8/24/1916 Sgt Thomas O’Grady
9/11/2001 Sgt John Coughlin
9/11/2001 Sgt Michael Curtin
9/11/2001 PO John D’Allara
9/11/2001 PO Vincent Danz
9/11/2001 PO Jerome Dominguez
9/11/2001 PO Stephen Driscoll
9/11/2001 Sgt Rodney Gillis
9/11/2001 PO Ronald Kloepfer
9/11/2001 PO Thomas Langone
9/11/2001 PO Brian McDonnell
9/11/2001 PO Paul Talty
9/11/2001 PO Santos Valentin Jr.
9/11/2001 Det Joseph Vigiano
9/11/2001 PO Walter Weaver
9/20/1919 Ptl Christopher Tierney
9/23/1896 Ptl Thomas McIntyre
9/29/1983 PO Joseph McCormack
9/30/1947 Ptl Charles Brereton Jr.
10/2/1969 Ptl Salvatore Spinola
10/4/1901 Ptl John Hoey
10/10/2015 Det Ronald Richards
10/13/1970 Ptl Maurice Erben
10/16/2014 Det Luis Fernandez
10/18/1924 Ptl John McGlynn
10/19/1924 Sgt Neil Gibbons
10/21/2018 PO Anthony Hanlon
10/25/2016 PO William King
11/6/1978 Det Horace Ford
11/8/1911 Ptl William Gallbraith
11/11/1989 PO Gary Coe
11/19/1919 Ptl James Hughes
11/19/1919 Ptl John McIntyre
11/24/1971 Ptl Patrick O’Connor III
11/25/1946 Ptl Peter Knudsen
11/25/1946 Lt Charles Michie
11/25/1946 Ptl Francis O’Hara
12/11/1922 Ptl Francis Mace
12/13/2022 Det David Martin
12/21/1967 Ptl. Plato Arvanitis
12/21/1967 Ptl George Bishop