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Lt. Quathisha Epps will retire just shy of 20 years with the department, sources said — an early exit that will impact her pension and cost her a $12,000-a-year supplement for cops who reach the ...
Once reserved to any NYPD officer who was in active service during, or worked details related to the follow up on, the September 11 attacks, it has been updated to allow any NYPD Police Officer, at their discretion, to wear the bar in honor and remembrance. It is affixed just below the American Flag Breast Bar and above any other medal.
The Medal for Valor is typically presented during the NYPD Medal Day ceremony, an annual event held to honor the exceptional service and achievements of NYPD officers, where various awards and medals are presented to officers, recognizing their outstanding performance, dedication, and commitment to serving the people of New York City.
In 1919, the NYPD recruited Cora Parchment, the first African American woman in the NYPD and shortly after appointed Lawon Bruce, the second Black woman in the department. In 1921, the Women's Police Precinct was formed with 20 patrolwomen assigned; Mary Hamilton was assigned as director, however it closed shortly after in 1923. [46]
Lt. Quathisha Epps, a 19-year veteran in NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey’s office, pocketed an eye-watering $403,515 in fiscal year 2024, having pulled in $204,453.48 in overtime pay on ...
The highest-ranking uniformed member of the NYPD is set to retire after serving just under a year in the position. Chief of Department Kenneth Corey plans to leave the department in November after ...
First black official NYPD police officer in New York City upon the merger of Brooklyn and Queens. In March 1891 Wiley Overton was the first police officer but resigned after worn down by the racism he faced from fellow officers. In January, 1893, less than two years after his hiring, he resigned his position.
The younger Gambino, who was 20 at the time, is one of more than 75 sons and daughters of the 343 FDNY members lost on 9/11 — or later succumbed to Ground Zero-related diseases — who went on ...