Dennis J. Wustenhoff

Suffolk County Police Department — Yaphank, NY

Veteran → Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 15, 1990

Age 41

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Gender Male

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Incident

Detective Dennis Wustenhoff was killed when a bomb blew apart his unmarked police car in front of his home in Patchogue, New York.

The case has never been solved and the suspect(s) remain unidentified.

Detective Wustenhoff was a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

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.
Detective Wustenhoff served with the Suffolk County Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Yaphank community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Suffolk County Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY

Platform Identity scpd.suffolk.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 15, 1990

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Explosives

Military Service

Dennis J. Wustenhoff served in the U.S. Army (1967â1969) before joining law enforcement.

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Detective Dennis J. Wustenhoff is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In NY, 728 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.9% of this state's fallen. That is 33.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Suffolk County Police Department, 7 of 27 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25.9% of this agency's fallen.

Suffolk County Police Department

of 27 officers

25.9% Felonious

NY — Statewide

728

of 2,147 officers

33.9% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious