Officers Ciano, Baribault honored in 'Courage to Serve' exhibit
Suffolk County Officer Glen Ciano was killed while responding to an assistance call on Feb. 22, 2009. His cruiser was struck by a suspected drunken-driver making a turn onto Commack Road. He was 45 years old, married, the father of two. He'd been on the job 22 years.
Nassau County Officer Ken Baribault, was severely injured May 18, 2008, when his patrol unit was rear-ended by an accused drunken driver on the Long Island Expressway while the officer was conducting a traffic stop on a suspected drunken driver.
The exhibit comes to Long Island through the efforts of Baribault's sister Danielle Rella, Nassau County police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Ceremonies Monday will also feature Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Jim Carver. The exhibit is funded by the Lewis Henry Morgan Institute at the State University of New York Institute of Technology in Utica and the National Highway Safety Administration.
Other officers profiled in the exhibit are Trooper Robert W. Ambrose, killed on the thruway in Yonkers on Dec. 19, 2002; Trooper Anthony Catalfamo Jr., who returned to work after before struck by a drunken driver in 2002; and Officer Aldo A. Rossi Jr., the only officer in the history of the Port Dickinson police department ever killed in the line of duty. Rossi was killed July 27, 2008.
The exhibit will be located at Roosevelt Field, in Garden City, in the Macy's Court near the Disney Store, officials said.
Posted Monday, November 15, 2010
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