The DEA regrets to announce the passing of retired Det. Dennis Vitelli on Friday, January 24, 2025 at the age of 63. Vitelli joined the force on January 21, 1985. He was promoted to Detective on October 27, 1995. He retired out of the Joint Terrorist Task Force on June 1, 2006. His death is […]
Please join us for our DEA Annual Winter Convention, January 31 – February 2, 2025, at the Villa Roma Resort & Hotel in Callicoon, New York. There will be fun for the whole family, including dinners, entertainment featuring Uptown Funk on Friday night, and Rubik’s Cube (and their 1980s show!) on Saturday night, raffles for […]
The annual tribute honoring SSG James D. McNaughton is returning, possibly for the final time on Saturday afternoon, February 1st, 2025. There is a chance that this is the last event of the 20-year run. This event is in honor of SSG James McNaughton, a New York City Police Officer and Army Reservist who was […]
The Sixth Memorial Mass for Det. First Grade Brian P. Simonsen will be Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Child Jesus Church at 111-11 86th Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Det. Simonsen was shot and killed in the line of duty in February of 2019.
In loving Memory of Detective 1st Grade Brian P. Simonsen End of Watch Tuesday, February 12, 2019
There will be a “Celebration of Life” for Det. Joseph M. Solomon, Jr., whose death is pending 9/11 LOD status. He retired in 2021 from the Force Investigation Division. The Celebration will be Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 1200 hours to 1400 hours at Friends Seminary, 15 Rutherford Place, NYC, NY 10003. There will be […]
There will be a celebration of the life of Det. Second Grade Sylvia Rivera on February 22, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the American Legion Hall at 3 Bayview Avenue in East Islip, NY 11730. Detective Rivera retired out of the Chief of Department’s Office on January 31, 2002, and her death […]
There will be a Memorial Mass for retired Det. First Grade John F. Daly, who passed away at age 92 in Portsmouth, Virginia on January 28, 2025. The Memorial Mass will be held beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at St. Luke’s Church at 340 North Franklin Turnpike in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey […]
The DEA mourns the passing of Mrs. Linda Zadroga on March 3, 2025. She was the mother of the late NYPD Det. James Zadroga, who died from 9/11 cancers and diseases in 2006. Because James’ wife Ronda predeceased him, after James’ death, Linda and her husband Joseph raised their granddaughter Tyler Ann, now 23, in […]
