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Did you know? Facts and figures on the LI police departments

Quick ReadRead about facts, figures and firsts pertaining to the Nassau and Suffolk police departments.

Kathleen Reilly at the graduation of training.

Photo credit: Copy photo from Joan Labriola | Kathleen Reilly at the graduation of training.

Kathleen Reilly, known as Kitty, pictured at her graduation, became the first female Nassau County police officer in 1966, and was the only female officer lost in the performance of duty, killed in an accident on Christmas night 1967. She was off-duty when she stopped to assist a stranded motorist on the Meadowbrook Parkway, where she was struck by a passing car. Legislation to change the inscription...

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