Police Officer
Michael J. Califano
Date of Appointment:
December 3, 1998
End of watch:
February 5, 2011
Rank
Police Officer
Serial #:
8307
Officer Shield #
2852
Fallen #:
31
On February 5, 2011, Officer Michael J. Califano, a highway patrol officer, was conducting a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway. During the stop, a trucker who dozed off, slammed into the officer’s stopped patrol car, sending him crashing into the rear of the vehicle he had stopped. He was 44 years old.