Frederick T. Reddy
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Sergeant

Frederick T. Reddy

Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch September 16, 1975
Age 50
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
Badge 1258
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Frederick Reddy and Police Officer Andrew Glover were shot and killed after being ambushed during a traffic stop on East 5th Street, near Avenue B, in the Lower East Side. The officers stopped behind a car that was double-parked. As they approached the vehicle, the man inside the car opened fire, killing both officers. Eight days later, the suspect was spotted by a squad of officers conducting a stakeout of a lower west side apartment building. As they went to seize the subject, he produced a hand grenade. A detective grabbed the grenade and wrestled away the grenade and a pistol from the suspect. The suspect, 26, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive 25-year-to-life terms on November 22, 1976. He died in prison on January 13, 2018. Sergeant Reedy was a United States Navy World War II veteran and had served with the New York City Police Department for 28 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his six children.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Reddy gave the New York City Police Department 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 16, 1975
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
Age 50
Badge Number 1258
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Frederick T. Reddy served in the U.S. Navy (1943–1946) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frederick is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1975, 163 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 21st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frederick was 50. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Frederick had served 28 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frederick among them.

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Frederick T. Reddy

New York City Police Department · End of Watch September 16, 1975

Military Service

Frederick T. Reddy served in the U.S. Navy (1943–1946) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 57-E

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