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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 Officer Down Memorial Page reports 187 deaths in the line of duty. [5] The FBI reported that in 2011, "69 law enforcement officers from around the nation were killed in the line of duty, while another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties." [6] (released November 19, 2012) NBC News reported 165 dead. [7]
Edward Byrne (February 21, 1966 – February 26, 1988) was a police officer in the New York City Police Department who became well known in the United States after he was murdered in the line of duty. Byrne's father had also been an NYPD officer. Byrne had joined the NYPD on July 15, 1986, and was stationed in the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, Queens.
The last NYPD officer fatally shot in the line of duty, Brian Mulkeen, was hit by friendly fire while struggling with an armed man after chasing and shooting at him in the Bronx in September 2019.
The widow of a NYC police officer who was murdered in Brooklyn nearly 50 years ago is fighting to prevent her husband’s murderer from being the 44th cop killer sprung since 2017. Police Officer ...
A decorated police officer was shot and killed during a Queens traffic stop as New York City reels from its first slaying of an NYPD cop in two years.
This was the first killing of an NYPD officer in the line of duty since January 2022, when two officers responding to a domestic disturbance call were shot in a Harlem apartment building. Diller's killing generated widespread attention in New York City.
Police official who led the NYPD Detectives Bureau and was involved in the Becker-Rosenthal murder trial. [1] John H. McCullagh: Captain: 1842–1893 1864–1893 Police official who closed down a number of well known panel houses including Shang Draper's operation which led to the breakup of his criminal gang. [1] Charles McDonnell: Inspector ...