“There is no difference between being shot in the line of duty and dying from this coronavirus,” Paul DiGiacomo, the union president, said. As he spoke, two other detectives lay […]
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Two NYPD Detectives Mourned in Somber, Socially-Distant Funerals
April 26, 2020Two NYPD detectives who succumbed to complications from COVID-19 were given solemn sendoffs Saturday — with police, friends and loved ones all donning protective masks — in what has become […]
Read MoreThe ‘invisible bullet’: Mounting calls for Coronavirus bodies endangering detectives
April 26, 2020STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As the coronavirus claims lives at a staggering rate and medical officials change how they respond to emergencies during the pandemic, the number of “dead on […]
Read MoreNYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association delivers lunch to Willowbrook urgent care
April 22, 2020STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD’s Detectives’ Endowment Association (DEA) delivered some appreciation to health care workers at ProHEALTH Circle urgent care in Willowbrook Wednesday afternoon by providing a lunch […]
Read MoreNYPD Detectives Union Wants to Sue those who Violate Coronavirus Social Distancing Rules
April 22, 2020The union representing NYPD detectives wants to sue anyone who puts their members at risk of catching coronavirus by violating social distancing rules, the group said Tuesday. “To unnecessarily put […]
Read MoreDEA President Speaks to 1010 WINS about Video Showing NYPD Officer Being Kicked onto Subway Tracks
April 18, 2020Paul DiGiacomo of the Detectives’ Endowment Association told 1010 WINS: “I think it’s disgusting what happened today. And that poor police officer could have been hit by a train or […]
Read MoreDetective Jack Polimeni of the Manhattan Warrant Squad Laid to Rest
April 17, 2020On Friday, April 17, 2020, Det. Jack Polimeni, who died of the Coronavirus, was laid to rest. Family, colleagues, and the Police Department had to postpone usual wake and burial […]
Read MorePerpetrator Christopher Ransom Denied Release from Prison
April 15, 2020DEA President Paul DiGiacomo’s letter to Queens Judge Kenneth Holder weighed in on the Judge’s decision to deny release to the second perpetrator complicit in the death of Det. Brian […]
Read MoreDEA President Slams Perp’s Bid For Release From Prison
April 15, 2020Christopher Ransom, one of the two perpetrators responsible for the death of Det. Brian Simonson, is making a bid for release from prison. Read about it in the April 14, […]
Read MorePrison Release Denied for Jagger Freeman
April 15, 2020Prison release was denied for Jagger Freeman, one of the two perpetrators responsible for the death of Det. Brian Simonsen, as chronicled in the April 14, 2020 issue of the […]
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