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At 31, Detective Jonathan Edward Diller should have had far more time ahead of him: more mornings, more conversations, more ordinary moments untouched by the danger of the work. Instead, on March 25, 2024, his life was taken in the line of duty, leaving behind a silence that no badge, title, or ceremony can fill. Diller was a member of the New York City Police Department and had served approximately three years.… Read more

Police Officer Edward R. Byrne was only 22 years old. He had a family who loved him, a career that had barely begun, and an entire lifetime that should have been waiting for him. Instead, during the early hours of February 26, 1988, he was sitting alone in a marked NYPD patrol car outside the home of a witness in South Jamaica, Queens. His assignment was simple but important: protect someone who… Read more