Fallen officer recalled as loving his job
Photo credit: NCPD | .Joseph Olivieri, a Nassau County highway patrol officer, was struck and killed in the line of duty Oct. 18, 2012, on the Long Island Expressway, according to Nassau County and police sources.
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Nassau Police Officer Joseph Olivieri was the consummate cop -- one who was remembered Thursday as loving his job, doing it well and accepting the dangers.
In March 2003, he rushed into a burning Massapequa home in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue a woman and her grandson trapped inside.
Three years earlier, he almost died patrolling slick streets in the same community when his cruiser...
