Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Alfred Boesch suffered a fatal heart attack while executing a search warrant in a Queens housing complex. Detective Boesch was assigned to execute a search warrant with other members of his team. He was assigned to breach the apartment door with a hydraulic door breaker. Once at the location, Detective Boesch, wearing a heavy vest, carried the power supply for the door breaker to the 3rd-floor hallway. When the order was given to take the door, Detective Boesch bent down to turn on the door breaker and collapsed onto the floor, and went into cardiac arrest. He died a short time later at Western Queens Hospital. Detective Boesch had served with the New York City Housing Authority Police Department for 10 years and was assigned to the Narcotics Enforcement Unit. He was survived by his wife and two sons. In 1996, Detective Boesch was posthumously awarded the New York City Police Department's Purple Shield Medal.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two sons.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Boesch gave the New York City Housing Authority Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Boesch.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Alfred T. Boesch is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In NY, 99 of 2,147 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 4.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York City Housing Authority Police Department, 2 of 19 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 10.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alfred T. Boesch's cause is highlighted.
How Alfred T. Boesch Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Alfred T. Boesch is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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