The Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) Marine Bureau dedicated two vessels in the names of two beloved officers who lost battles with cancer.
Within two years, Officers Brian Dwyer and Matthew Wargas lost their respective battles to cancer.
To honor their memories, Acting Commissioner Robert Waring along with department members and friends and family of Officers Dwyer and Wargas, participated in a ceremony to unveil the newly dedicated Marine Juliet and Maine Kilo boats.
Wargas, who joined the SCPD in 2002, was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2014 and retired in January 2016 just six months before his death in August 2016.
Office Wargas was survived by his wife, Gina, and their daughters Keira, Riley and Chloe.
About two and a half years later, the command lost another member of their law enforcement family Officer Brian Dwyer died after a tough battle with peritoneal cancer in 2016.
Officer Dwyer, who joined the SCPD in 1992, retired in July 2018, just five months before his death in December of that year.
Dwyer was survived by his wife, Stephani, and children Danielle, Michael, Gabrielle, Luke and Grace.