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The Suffolk PBA stood in solidarity with their counterparts in Nassau as the names of four fallen Nassau police officers were added to the wall.
The four officers are Officer Robert J. Negri, Detective Charles C. Vroom, Detective First Class Matthew A. Perlungher and Detective Hector M. Nunez.
Officer Negri and Det. First Class Perlungher died of cancer that developed as a result of being assigned to rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Detectives Vroom and Nunez passed away as a result of contracting COVID-19 while on the job.
They were also joined by Suffolk District Attorney Ray Teirney, Governor Hochul ancd police officials across the state at this ceremony.
The Police Officers Memorial honors the memory and sacrifice of police officers from around New York State who have been slain in the line of duty. The Memorial was based on a design concept submitted by Colleen Dillon Bergman, daughter of State Trooper Emerson J. Dillon Jr. who was slain in the line of duty in 1974 after 16 ½ years of service with the New York State Police. A quote from Mrs. Bergman's application is engraved on the nameplate wall: "It doesn't matter from which department they came, the feeling of loss is experienced the same."