Harold L. Woods

Yonkers Police Department — Yonkers, NY

Felonious

End of Watch September 22, 1974

Age 34

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 105

The Vigil Panel 114 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 19

Incident

Police Officer Harold Woods was shot and killed after walking in on a robbery in progress at an A&P supermarket at Odell and Nepperhan avenues. When Officer Woods identified himself as a Police Officer, he was shot. Officer Woods was in very critical condition and was placed on a respirator at the hospital. Despite the doctors’ best efforts to save Officer Woods, he died from his wounds four days later. The suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life on December 16, 1975. He died in prison on March 20, 1988. Officer Woods had been with the Yonkers Police Department for 10 years and had also served with the New York City Police Department for one year. Officer Woods was survived by his wife and three sons. In 2022, the Nepperhan-Odell Avenues intersection was named Yonkers Police Officer Harold Woods Way.

Survivors

Officer Woods was survived by his wife and three sons.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Woods gave the Yonkers Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Yonkers community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Woods.

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

Agency

Department Yonkers Police Department

Location Yonkers, NY

Platform Identity ypd.westchester.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 22, 1974

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 34

Badge Number 105

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Died in prison

Police Officer Harold L. Woods is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NY, 754 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 35.1% of this state's fallen. That is 19.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Yonkers Police Department, 3 of 20 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 15% of this agency's fallen.

Yonkers Police Department

of 20 officers

15% Felonious

NY — Statewide

754

of 2,147 officers

35.1% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious