Patrolman
Joseph L. Coote
Date of Appointment:
May 16, 1956
End of watch:
March 22, 1961
Rank
Patrolman
Serial #:
2211
Patrolman Shield #:
535
Fallen #:
20
On March 22, 1961, at about six-thirty in the evening, Patrolman Coote, attached to the Sixth Precinct was shot and killed while affecting the arrest of three perpetrators of an armed robbery. The subjects fled the scene and were later apprehended tried and convicted. The scene of the shooting was at Beinkerhoff Lane & Third Street, Manhasset. Patrolman Coote was 31 years old.