Jaime Betancourt
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Detective

Jaime Betancourt

Felonious
End of Watch March 31, 2002
Age 34
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 3738
Gender Male

Incident

Jaime Betancourt was a narcotics detective assigned to Bronx Narcotics.

On Easter Sunday, 31 March 2002, Detective Betancourt was off duty at the Grand Concourse apartment of his girlfriend, Felicia Alvarez, in the Bronx, when her former boyfriend, Luis Gonzalez, 29, came to the door. When Detective Betancourt tried to intervene in the dispute that followed, Gonzalez stabbed him in the heart and fled. Detective Betancourt died a short time later at Lincoln Hospital. He was 34 years old.

A $5,000 reward was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Gonzalez, an auto mechanic from New Jersey. He was arrested in Miami, Florida, charged with murder and sentenced to 17 years to life in prison.

Survivors

He is survived by his four-year-old son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Betancourt gave the New York City Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Betancourt.

— 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 March 31, 2002
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 34
Badge Number 3738
Gender Male
Assignment Bronx Narcotics

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jaime 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 2002, 73 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 96th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jaime was 34. 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. Jaime had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
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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 edged weapon; knife, in 0.8% 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, Jaime among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detective Jaime Betancourt

New York City Police Department · End of Watch March 31, 2002

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-E

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