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Author: Kathleen Murray Moran

Police Officer Paul Talty

27Apr

Madison Square Garden was alive with chatter and excitement and I pushed myself into the seat reserved for me. As Paul McCartney sang “Let It Be,” ladies in front of me danced and swayed with the music. They were police READ MORE

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COPS (Concerns of Police Survivors) Signed Into Law

13Apr

  1990: Kathleen Murray, Susan McCormack, Governor Mario Cuomo, Mary Beth O’Neill

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COP’S LEGACY LIVES

29Sep

September 29, 2003 BYLINE: BY MICHELE MCPHEE DAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU CHIEF Slain sgt.’s sons serve with honor He still remembers the cacophony of police sirens, growing louder as the squad cars approached his house. A chaotic blur of blue READ MORE

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TWO COPS RUN TO AID WIDOWS

19Jun

New York Daily News June 19, 1998  BYLINE: By ALICE McQUILLAN This Father’s Day, police officers Tom and Suzanne Lowney of Long Beach are putting their love of running to the test to benefit women and children who lost their READ MORE

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CELEBRATION OF BLUE

02Feb

Newsday February 2, 1998  GROUP PARTY UPLIFTS WIDOWS, KIDS OF COPS BYLINE: By Nickolai Kralev Five-year-old Stephanie J. Alcamo never met her father, Joseph. She was born 11 days after he was killed in a car accident while on duty READ MORE

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A SHIELD COMES HOME

11Aug

Newsday August 11, 1996 BYLINE: By Ed Lowe For 25 years Michael Nugent has known that the badge the New York City Police Department presented him as that worn by his slain father was a fake. On Aug. 20, 1971, READ MORE

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Giving thanks to ‘Finest’ who made ultimate sacrifice

28Sep

September 28, 2014 Staten Island Advance By Vincent Barone When the moments leading to the death of police officer Rocco Laurie were solemnly read at the Honor Our Police”rally on Saturday, Dolores Bannon started tearing up. Ms. Bannon has a READ MORE

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NYPD Blue: Grief Of Slain Cops’ Kin

20Mar

Newsday March 20, 1994 BYLINE: By Vivienne Walt The pain comes on with a sudden jolt, often beginning at the sound of two small words: “Cop shot.” Some catch the dreaded phrase while they listen with half an ear to READ MORE

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Aid to Cops’ Kin Proposed; Cuomo’s request is $ 1.5M

15May

Newsday May 15, 1989   BYLINE: By Dawn Smith. Compiled by Michele K. Parente Gov. Mario Cuomo proposed a $ 1.5-million legislative program yesterday to aid the families of slain police officers, stressing the importance of such a measure in READ MORE

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