Police Officer Natalie Becky Corona

Jul 17, 2019 | Police

Police Officer Natalie Corona was shot and killed after responding to a report of a three-car vehicle crash near the intersection of 5th and D streets. As Officer Corona was conducting an investigation at the collision scene, a person not involved with the crash rode...

Officer John G. Coughlin

Jul 15, 2019 | Police

Officer Rank: Sergeant Memorial Panel: 18-W: 23 Department: New York City, New York, P.D. End of Watch: September 11, 2001 Cause: TERRO Age: 43 Years of Service: 18 Description: Sergeant Coughlin was among over seventy law enforcement officers from a total of seven...

Police Deputy Chief Gertrude Schimmel

Jul 12, 2019 | Police

Gertrude Schimmel, who broke gender barriers in the New York Police Department as one of the first two women to become a sergeant and ultimately the first to be named a chief, died on Monday [May 10, 2015] at her home in Manhattan. She was 96. Her death was confirmed...

Police Sergeant Paul H. Knisely

Jul 5, 2019 | Police, Uncategorized

Sergeant Paul Knisely and Patrolman Robert Goodrich drowned in Little Apple Creek while attempting to rescue several people whose boat had capsized on Saturday, July 5, 1969. Sergeant Knisley was survived by his wife and two children. We honor you, Paul Knisely....

NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez

Jul 2, 2019 | Marines, Police

[Last] month, retired New York police detective Luis Alvarez delivered a heartbreaking plea to Congress to extend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, which provides financial assistance to first responders who had developed illnesses after responding to the...

Police Capt Lisa Rosenthal (ret)

Jun 27, 2019 | Air Force, Police

Since she was five years old, Ormond Beach Police Capt. Lisa Rosenthal knew she was going to be a police officer. Growing up, she had an uncle in law enforcement, and he helped to mold her and show her how police help people. He instilled in her the passion to want to...