To Deputy Chief: ROBERT LUCENA (PersBur) and LARRY NIKUNEN (Intel Opr); To Inspector: CHARLES DUNNE (Exec Protect Unit); To Deputy Inspector: BRAIN McMAHON (101P), COREY PEGUES (PSA#2), DAVID GROSSI (IAB), and TERENCE HURSON (OMAP).
TRANSFERS
D.I.s: JOHN DOHERTY (DCT) to CO DCT Admin Sup Sec, JOHN NICHOLSON (PBBx) to Counterterrorism Div., RALPH MONTEFORTE (69P) to CO 70P, and HUGH O'ROURKE (Counterterrorism Div) to PSB. Cpt MILTIADIS MARMARA (113P) to CO 69P.
RETIREMENTS
Service: DC EDMUND HARTNETT (Narc); Insp PETER TUFFEY (PBBN); DI STEVEN HAYNES (105P); Lieut WILLIAM MacGREGOR (BxNarc); Sgt FRANKIE ALVAREZ (DB BSVS); Det SALVATORE ZISA (BxDet); PO ALEXANDER KATS (60P) and JOHN VELARDI (PBBx).
Ordinary: PO EILEEN WALKER (PBBxTF) and WILLIAM DeMAURO (TBD#23).
Accidental: Lieut MICHAEL RESNICK (PBQST/F); Det RONALD RICHARDS (Bomb Sqd) and EDWARD WALLACE (Vice MS); PO JOHN SAMMARCO (Mtd).
The above is a partial listing of the 57 March uniform retirements noted under PO#136 ,cs
Uniform Retirements YTD: 2008 (405); 2007 (536)
Amendments: Ordinary Disability is now granted to Dep Comm of Training CHARLES DeRIENZO; Accident Disability is now granted to Sgt EDWARD O'GRADY (MTA TF), Det KEVIN TRACY (BxDet Homicide TF), and PO CRAIG DeFRONZO (PSA#4).
IN THE LINE OF DUTY
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper JAMES SCOTT BURNS (39) shot and killed near Kellyville (TX) by suspect Brandon Robertson (37) ,a former Police Officer for eight years, the suspect fleeing on April 29th, but upon being surrounded by other Police Officers two days later, committed suicide. ..... Philadelphia PD (PA) Sgt. STEVE LICZBINSKI (39) intercepted males fleeing from a bank robbery and was shot to death, with one robber being shot to death by other Officers, another apprehended, and one other male still wanted, on May 3rd ..... Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office (SC) Deputy Sheriff WILLIAM HOWELL, Jr. (46) on a domestic violence call, shot to death by the male subject, who was then run over by his wife and died, also on May 3rd .....
BULLETS
DANGER, DANGER- GOOD MUSIC ONLY: That's retired Det. EDWARD DeCORSIA (son of retired Ptl. EDWARD DeCORSIA) in his eleventh year heading up New York's Most Dangerous Big Band. Give him a look at www.DangerousBand.com ..... OT PAY AT PAPD: Overtime continues to soar at Port Authority PD with Officers averaging about 500 hours a year (1,600 Officers with 838,000 hours OT= 524 OT hours). Top Gun was PO MORRIS COFIELD who added $153,461 to his base pay of $82,909 and some extra stipends (Total- $263,468) by working about 80 hours every week. ..... PARKING TIKTS UP: The City has issued over 2.5 million parking tickets in first three months of this year (up 8% over last year, same period). The number of Traffic Enforcement Agents has increased by about 50% since 2004 (2,800 vs. 1,900) and another 238 will be hired on June 13th. ..... WHISTLEBLOWER BLOWN AWAY: Former Chief of Department LOUIS ANEMONE has had his federal lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tossed out of court. Anemone alleged he was fired at the MTA because he was a "whistleblower" on corruption. Federal Judge Loretta Preska determined otherwise and found Anemone was dismissed for a "long history of disruptive and insubordinate behavior....... No reasonable jury could conclude that (Anemone) was terminated for an impermissible reason".Anemone vows to appeal the decision. .....(Pg 1 of 3 Pgs)
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE? Recruiters are in The City again looking to fill Police Officer positions in their Departments. The chief recruiter for the San Jose PD is Lieut. GEORGE BEATTIE, a 20 year veteran of San Jose, but also a former NYPD Officer for four years. The starting pay in San Jose is $70,000 and top pay is $108,000. Interested? Then go to: JoinSJPDBlue today! OR http://www.sjpd.org/JoinSJPDBlue/ ..... UNOPPOSED: Detective Endowment Association Prez MICHAEL PALLADINO and most of his board of officers will be unopposed for re-election to a new four year term. ..... WALL OF HEROES: The Department has now added the names of eight Officers, who perished as a result of working at the site of the 911 terrorist attack, to its Wall of Heroes. Those So Honored: Detectives JOSEPH ZADROGA, KEVIN HAWKINS, ROBERT WILLIAMSON, and JOHN YOUNG; Police Officers ANGELO PELUSO, JAMES GODBE, RONALD WEINTRAUB, and THOMAS BROPHY. .....MEXICAN REPRISALS: Drug gangs apparently responding to a Mexican Government crackdown on drug dealers have launched a counteroffensive, killing nine (9) Police Officers, including the Chief of the Organized Crime Control Division. The previous Chief of Organized Crime Control was murdered in September. ..... SAY ADIOS: They'll say adios to Sgt HARVEY GRAPE (Headquarters Garage), also 49, 63, and Manh. Traffic Area, on Wednesday, June 4th (1800 x 2200 hours) at the "Sequoia" at South Street Seaport 17 (212-732-9090), and call PO John Perez at Headquarters Garage (646-610-7600) for more info on the $80 ticket. ..... NO SMOKE HERE: They've thrown out "Spanish Raymond's" (Raymond Marquez) lawsuit against The City which alleged he developed bladder cancer from second-hand smoke at the Manhattan Detention Center. Raymond was once one of the biggest numbers operators in The City. The court apparently based its decision on the fact that the 78 year-old Raymond smoked for 30 years. ..... NEW CONTRACT: An arbitration panel has awarded a 9.5% raise to the 23,00 Police Officers for a two year contract that ended July 31st 2006. Rookie starting salaries jump to $35,881 (about a $10,000 raise) and PO maximum salary goes to $65,382. Bad news was giveback of 10 vacation days for POs with less than five years. ..... THAT OLD FEELING: MIKE WALLACE is 90; KITTY KALLEN (86); JAMES ARNESS (85); YOGI (83); DON RICKLES (82); GIL McDOUGALD (80); CLINT EASTWOOD (78); The "SAY HEY KID" is 77; JOAN COLLINS (75); TRINI LOPEZ (71); and the BROOKLYN BRIDGE is 125...... A LAST LOOK BACK: He successfully crossed over from country singer to pop music singer- EDDY ARNOLD (89) in Nashville on May 8th ..... "You bet your sweet bippy; Here come da judge; (and most of all), Sock it to me"- DICK MARTIN (86) in Santa Monica (CA) on May 24th ... Was there ever a funnier threesome on TV than him, Carol Burnett, and Tim Conway?- HARVEY KORMAN (81) in LA on May 29th ...
UPDATE
NYPD Ramblings#119, March 2006: Police Officer ERIC HERNANDEZ (24), 52nd Precinct, Shield Number 1872, off-duty on January 28th and at a White Castle restaurant on Webster Avenue, in The Bronx, severely beaten by a group of males inside the restaurant after announcing he was a Police Officer. He managed to apprehend a male at gun point in the parking lot, apparently believing he was one of the males who had assaulted him inside the restaurant. At this moment uniformed Officers from the 46th Precinct arrived and not realizing Officer Hernandez was a Police Officer, fired shots at "the man with the gun", fatally wounding the off-duty Officer in this "friendly-fire incident". Arrests of the six males who initially assaulted the Officer have been affected. The Officer expired at St. Barnabas Hospital on February 8th.
NEW: Five of the six males charged with beating Officer Hernandez have entered guilty pleas and are expected to be sentenced to jail terms of up to 10 years upon sentencing (for the ringleader) and lesser terms for the other four males. (Pg 2 of 3 Pgs)
COMRADES REMEMBERED
Former member EDMUND NEDER (70) of Oviedo (FL), with 20 years O-T-J, formerly Midtown North Precinct, Traffic B, and Manh Traffic Area, on April 29th ... Retired Detective Lieut. STANLEY CARPENTER, formerly CO Queens SVU, "suddenly" in Venice (FL), being waked in Rockaway Beach (NY), passing on April 29th ... Retired Det STEPHEN AMATO (63) of Staten Island, formerly Intelligence Division, retiring in 1988, also owner of Prism Photographics, with another career with the Security Department of Paine Webber & Company, passing in May 1st ... Retired Lieut EDWARD TIERNEY, of Fort Myers (FL), formerly of Queens and Pocano Pines (PA), [being waked in Valley Stream, NY), also passing on May 1st ... Former member NEAL HUNTER (46) of Laughlin (NV), formerly Westbury (NY), previously assigned to District#1, passing on May 2nd ... Retired PO KENNETH RIEGEL (75) appointed to TAPD 5.19.59, Ret- 2.6.80, formerly assigned to Dist#20, on May 5th ... Retired Det JACK GOGGIN, with 20 years O-T-J, retiring in 2002 from the 94th Sqd, passing on May 6th ... Retired PO JOHN PATRICK "Paddy" BURNS (76), of Cornwall-On-the-Hudson (NY), formerly 19th Precinct, also former 1st VP for the PBA, passing on May 10th ... Retired Sgt RALPH WILLIAMS (87) of Stuart (FL), formerly of The Bronx and Lynbrook (NY), with a second career as an Insurance Inspector for Equifax, passing on May 12th ... Retired member JOHN SWEENEY [being waked in Lindenhurst, NY], also passing on May 12th ... Retired PO ELMER KLEIN, formerly of Hwy District, Appt'd- 3.16.57, Ret- 6.10.77, of Lindenhurst (NY), on May 13th ... Retired Sgt MARTIN J. McKEON (67), former President of the NYC Retired Transit Police Officer's Association (2004 thru 2008), Appt'd to TAPD 6.1.65, Ret- 2.1.86, formerly assigned to Operations Unit, passing on May 16th ... Retired PO WALTER WICENSKI (78) of Toms River (NY), with 26 years O-T-J, retiring out of the 120 in 1985, on May 17th ... Retired Lieut JOHN McCARTHY of Wantagh (NY), retiring in 1973, with a second career with the law firm of McLaughlin and Lawlor for Travelers Insurance, also passing on May 17th ... Former member VINCENT O'CONNOR of The Bronx, formerly of Mounted Division, also on May 17th ... Retired PO WALTER FABISINSKI (58) of Staten Island, Appt'd- 1.10.73, Ret- 1993, on May 18th ... Retired member JAMES LUNDY of Farmingdale (NY), formerly Hwy#3, on May 19th ... Retired Cpt WILLIAM O'ROURKE (86) of Hockessin (Del), formerly of Staten Island, former Precinct Commander 122nd Precinct, with 27 years O-T-J, retiring in 1968, with a second career in the State of Delaware's Criminal Justice System, also on May 19th ... Retired Det DOMINICK COYNE (80) of Fort Pierce (FL), Appt'd- 10.31.51, Ret- 09.17.72, formerly of the 41 Squad, with a second career as a Customs Agent at St. Lucie International Airport, also on May 19th ... Retired Lieut JAMES GARSIDE (87), also a WWII veteran, being waked in New Hyde Park (NY), on May 20th ... Retired 1st-G Det DAVID CAMPBELL (80), a crew member of the Philippine Sea, Admiral Richard Byrd's flagship for the first Cold War expedition to the South Pole, Appt'd- 1952, Ret- 1973, from the Manhattan DA's Squad, with a second career with the NYS Special Prosecutor's Office, passing also on May 20th ... Retired Chief of OCCB JOHN HOLMES, Appt'd- 10.24.56, Ret- 02.24.94, also on May 20th ... Retired member JAMES CUDDY (80) of Uniondale (NY) on May 23rd ... Former member JAMES GEAGHTY "who walked a beat alone in Harlem in 1937 before there were cell phones", passing in late-May. ... Retired PO JOHN FAREWELL [being waked in Yonkers) also in late-May ... Retired TAPD PO ARCHIE CARTER (85) of Orlando (FL), Appt'd- 1956, Ret- Sep 1976, formerly of the Operations Unit, on May 26th ... Retired PO MICHAEL KEANE (67) of Staten Island, with 20 years O-T-J, retiring in 1983, formerly assigned to 1PP and 62nd Precinct, also on May 26th ...
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