On May 22, 2026, the New Rochelle Police Department held its annual Police Memorial and Award Ceremony at the Green Street Club. The event honored fallen officers, recognized outstanding service, and presented awards to officers and civilians. The ceremony included an honor roll call of officers who died in the line of duty, remarks from city officials and the district attorney, and the presentation of multiple awards. Note: The transcript references the year 2025 throughout all award descriptions, but the meeting date is specified as 2026.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Captain Collins Coy, and I welcome you to the Green Street Club for the 2025 Police Memorial and Award Ceremony. Please rise as the pipes and drums of the Police Emerald Society of Westchester County, led by Drum Major Peter Farrell and Pipe Major Alfred Bes, the Neurochell Police Department's Honor Guard, Lieutenant Edward Hayes, and Detective Lieutenant Robert Wensler escort in our police honorees. Please remain, please remain standing for the national anthem and invocation. Detective Lieutenant Robert Wensler will perform the national anthem. What so proudly we hailed at the Twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. And the Rockets Red Glaiver, the bombs bursting air, gave proof through the nights that our flag was still there. And the home of the Lieutenant Wensler. That was great. You know, I was hoping for their Chris Stable diversion, and that was that was pretty close. That was good. I like to introduce Rabbi Evan Hoffman who will deliver our invocation. We're assembled today to celebrate and salute and give honor to the officers of the Neurochell Police Department. Our safety, our physical safety, is in the hands of divine providence, as assisted down here on earth by the local law enforcement who patrol the streets and make sure to the best of their ability that we stay safe. Every Sabbath morning, every Saturday morning, in my synagogue, Congregation Anshesholem, 50 North Avenue, the oldest synagogue in New Rochelle, one of the oldest houses of worship in New Rochelle, I interrupt the reading of the Bible to offer a prayer for our Republic, for the soldiers of the United States Armed Forces, and for the police of the New Rochelle Police Department. And I say to God, as I lift my hands heavenward and my heart heavenward. May God give them success in their missions and return home safely to their families. And to the families who were here today, celebrating a husband or a wife, a mother, a father, a son, or a daughter, we know it's not easy for you. Wondering at the end of the shift, will my loved one come home safely? And we pray that they always do. In an increasingly chaotic world, we ask God that our city of New Rochelle continue to be an oasis of relative tranquility, in which we can live as brothers and sisters, and which no one should ever have reason to be afraid. And let us say Amen. The police commissioner Neil K. Reynolds and I will conduct Honor Roll Call. Detective Lieutenant Fagan, please bring the platoon to attention for honor roll call. Maurice Hearn was appointed Special Patrolman by Neurochell on May 12, 1899. On June 20th, 1903, at about a 115 a.m., Patrolman A. Hearn observed an individual stumbling over the railroad tracks. After approaching the unidentified man, a struggle ensued in which Patrolman Hearn was shot several times. He died as a result of his wounds. Lieutenant Thomas J. Payne, Acton. Lieutenant Pay was appointed Special Patrolman by Neurochell on September 12, 1910. On June 1st, 1929, Lieutenant Payne was hit by a truck while investigating an auto accident and died as a result of his injuries on September 23rd, 1929. Patrolman Daniel F. Murphy, Apton. Patrolman Murphy was appointed to the department on May 12th, 1924. He died on April 25th, 1930, five days after he was severely injured while on motorcycle patrol on Easter Sunday. Patrolman Timothy Mahoney. Patrolman Mahoney was appointed to the department on April 3rd, 1922. He died on May 5th, 1930, shortly after his patrol wagon overturned during a collision. Detective William E. Mancusi. Detective Mancusi was appointed to the department on October 12th, 1922. He died on July 20th, 1934, when the unmarked car he was a passenger in was involved in an accident in Stanford, Connecticut. Detective Mancusi was on his way back from Milford at 4 a.m. where he had been questioning a suspect in connection with recent jewelry thefts. Patrolman Alan B. McLeod, Afton. Police Officer McLeod was appointed to the department on October 5th, 1970.