A slain NYPD police officer was remembered as a hero 54 years after his death on Oct. 22, as his family gathered with police officers and military veterans to rededicate the headstone at his gravesite. The new headstone at St. Peter’s Cemetery for Patrolman Rocco Laurie acknowledges his service in the NYPD and as a U.S. Marine.
Brothers Brandon and Justin Silva balance careers in law enforcement with coaching at St. Francis Prep and playing together on the NYPD soccer team.
Msgr. Robert Romano, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Brooklyn and a NYPD chaplain, recalls what it was like to be at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
A statue of the Blessed Mother was smashed outside of St. Rita Church on Aug. 1, marking the fourth time in two years the church has been targeted.
Shifting careers from religious brother to schoolteacher to security expert to motivational speaker may seem like an odd collection of job pivots, but Vincent Bove counts it all as providence. In 2024, then-New York City Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon appointed Bove the Honorary Law Enforcement Motivational Speaker for the Police Self Support Group.
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the thefts of several religious statues from residents’ private property in Ozone Park and Howard Beach, it was announced on July 20. There were five separate incidents, police said.
“Hard Guys Cry: The Journey of a Tough Cop … From the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to a Prison Ministry” tells how Jimmy Dennedy pivoted from being a tough Brooklyn cop to a volunteer with prison ministries.
A person was seen on video surveillance footage defacing doors and a statue of Jesus sometime between 6:47 and 6:51 a.m. on July 6 at St. Fortunata Parish.
Nearly 40 years after a Central Park shooting left him paralyzed, the NYPD will rename its Police Academy for Det. Steven McDonald — honoring not only his service, but the powerful witness of forgiveness that defined the rest of his life.
The NYPD Brooklyn and Queens Holy Name Society’s 104th Communion Breakfast took on an ecumenical air as the society honored Rabbi Alvin Kass, the late chief chaplain of the NYPD.
