Hearts are heavy across the Suffolk County Police Department, as they mourn the loss of active Auxiliary Police Deputy Inspector Israel Asturias who passed away on October 12th, 2024. He was 62 years old.
Deputy Inspector Asturias joined the Auxiliary Police Department in 2015 as an Auxiliary Police Officer and rose through the ranks to Deputy Inspector in 2020 serving in the Seventh Precinct for the past decade.
Deputy Inspector Asturias served as a Chaplain visiting inmates at Riker’s Island. He also volunteered in the Salvadorian Council and the Town of Brookhaven coordination groups. He was awarded the Department of Justice Certificate of Advocacy for his outstanding and meritorious service to the people of Suffolk County.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Belkys, and their seven children.