In Honor and Memory of the Fallen

PBA of New York State Members and officials bowed their heads in prayer and traveled to the services to offer their condolences to the families and friends of New York City Police Officer Peter Figoski; Town of Ulster (NY) Police Officer Travis Nessin; and Virginia Tech Police Officer Deriek Crouse who died this week. These untimely losses remind us of how lives can be irreparably altered in an instant.

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PBA News and Updates

DEC Law Enforcement Prevents Uncertified Clams from Reaching Consumers

Commercial Vessel Found Illegally Shellfishing Near Sewage Treatment Plant Outflow Pipe

Bay Head Inc. of Bellport, owner of a 70-foot long ocean surf clam harvesting boat, agreed to a $100,000 penalty after an investigation by New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) prevented 28 cages of potentially tainted shellfish from reaching consumers in February, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced today. The vessel was observed harvesting clams in uncertified waters near the outflow pipe of a sewage treatment plant.

3 swimmers rescued at Robert Moses State Park

Three young swimmers in distress were rescued off Robert Moses State Park Friday afternoon by two state parks police officers and two good samaritans who jumped into the water, authorities said.

More of this story on Newsday.com.

See our Media Coverage page for other news stories.

Encon Officers Engage in Federal Investigation

Officers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, along with local and federal officials, converged on a warehouse in Rensselaer on Wednesday, May 29.

The effort was part of an on-going investigation pertaining to the "asbestos related project" according to the Albany Times Union.

You can read more about this effort and view pictures here: 

PBA of NYS Calls On Gov. Cuomo to Reject Ill-Advised Security Plan for State Beaches and Parks

Qualified, Trained Officers Essential to Ensure Safe, Summer Season

The PBA of New York State, the organization representing the park police officers responsible for protecting the public, keeping order and effectuating rescues at popular Long Island beaches and urban parks, today called on the Cuomo Administration to scrap a plan to supplement its depleted police force by hiring inexperienced, unprepared college students to perform law enforcement duties such as managing and patrolling massive crowds.

Our Deepest Condolences

The PBA gives our condolences to the family of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer, Sean Collier of Somerville, who was shot and killed Thursday night, reportedly by the suspects believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings.  We hope the police and other law enforcement personnel who are presently searching for the 2^nd suspect, who is still at large, find him without any further loss of law enforcement or civilian life. 

This terrible ordeal underscores for us that we are living in different and more dangerous times, and it is quite clear that policing is becoming more complicated and dangerous each and every day.  

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